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The ' (Illeat Exhibition Of 1861. Rpiie ...
kinds of dissentients . Some there are of the goou old let-wellalonc" school , — a sect of philosophers to be respected father from the antiquity than the soundness of their doctrines , and winch numbers amon- its disciples those agricultural Solons who persist in decrying * { ruauxTand-the steam-plough , not to mention those Conservative ^ old ladies who never have and never will travel by railroad . I he chimerical objections which reasoners of this sort raise against an International Exhibition are most astounding . The late Colonel Sibthorpe , for example , prophesied that one of the results of the Great Exhibition of 1851 would be that the r . ext generation would that he had
be pie-bald ; " and afterwards publicly thanked God never visitod the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park . As for the former dictum , we can only say that it was certainly not very complimentary to the virtue of Englishwomen . ; and for the latter all that can be said is that the worthy member for Lincoln voluntarily excluded himself from an agreeable and instructive spectacle . Some of the larger manufacturers may possibly hold aloof on the ground that these exhibitions may dissipate many popular delusions as to the superiority of articles of a certain ¦ make , thereby tending- to diminish their own enormous gains ; this , however , is a reason so thoroughly selfish that it is impossible to treat it with respect . .. '¦ ¦ ., b
Some small amount of opposition may , perhaps , e anticipated from the shareholders in . the Sydeuham Crystal Palace , arising- out of a belief that another Exhibition would injure their property . . Tins also we believe to be entirely visionary . Profiting by experience , it is not likely that the projectors of the scheme will be content with a temporary structure , to be sold and removed , and converted into a rival Crystal Palace . Their probable , and we believe most prudent course will be to have such a building as may be permanently maintained Tor this and other great public uses . As for the direct influence upon Crystal Palace shares , the holders may console themselves in the belief that their admirable establishment , as the most attractive place of resort near the metropolis , cannot but be largely benefited by , any event which brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to London ; and this we know to be the opinion of their more enlightened directors ; .
.. . To sum up the argument then , we are of opinion that the objections to a , Great Exhibition of 1 SGL are either entirely visionary , or of so slight a character as not to be worthy of serious consideration . On the other hand , ' -the ad van tagesiirejgreat and sure;—the improvement of the peaceful arts , the competition of peoples in an arena less hlQody and : ; . rwe civilised than the battle field , the promotion of a betiov-understanding among the leading nations of the world . It may be easy enough to point a cynical sneer at these Utopian ; fancies , by showing thtit the . Great Exhibition of 1851 was imniediately followed by a sanguinary war , in which no less than iivenations were immediately involved , who had but a few short months previously engaged in friendly competition ifi Hyde Park . "We arc not so sanguine in our theories of civilization as to expect that
the world is to be .-hanged like a garment , and that human nature 13 to be metamorplic ^ cd by a resolution of the Society of Arts . These things come gradually , arm until the world has made many revolutions and undergone many changes we are afraid that soldiers , lawyers , and doctors must be endured as necessary evils . Yet who shall say that the Great Exhibition of 1851 had not something- to do with the speedy close of the war that followed it ? Who will deny that these improvements in the mechanical arts , which tend to render war more destructive , do not , in ett'ect , diminish the chances of its prolongation ? Cicero declared that arms should give way to togas—in other words , that Arms must , sooner or later , give way to the Arts of Peace .
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Parliament. Fphe Session Of Parliament A...
PARLIAMENT . fpHE Session of Parliament about to open , will bo a memorable one -1 in history . Tlio two great parties are already marshalling their strength , ; counting tho . members they can safely rely upon , and watching- with careful ' interest the minor cliques , whoso opposition or adhesion inay r afc a critical momont , havo sin important action oil the groat questions of the clay yet to be . decided , and possibly , on tho ultimate position of tho Palmerstonian Cabinet . There can bo no doubt that if formal , trial of political flibrongth will tako place , and that tho now ileform Bill will , by consont , afford the fiy » t battle field , on * which tho loaders of the two great parties will array their followors and join issuo . Tho Cabinet , it is reported , after many
reason , on a twenty-five ; but this number njay be largel y increased by an unexpectedlv liberal measure , or by timely concession ; while on the Other hand , it may be suddenly diminished or converted into a minority by opposition from sonie of the leaders of the subordinate but important sections , whose votes cannot be" relied upon with the same certainty as those of the occupants of the Treasury benches . Mr . Bright will , no doubt , have formidable influence , and the course the honourable member intends to take will , at the outset , be narrowly watched . It is well known that , Mr , Bright intends to agree to no bill that does not contain provisions for admitting to the franchise a large portion of the Working classes . Lord John Russell and his Cabinet have found this question their chief difficulty . While admitting the justice of the claims to the franchise of
the skilled working classes , the nice point to decide has been , how far this new element can be introduced , without giving it undue preponderance over property and education . Until the bill is fairly before the country , it would be premature to give any opinion as to results . One circumstance may be relied upon , that both parties are desirous of seeing a termination to the Reform agitation . It is very likely that Lord Palmerston will be enabled to carry the Government Reform Bill after discussion and modifications in committee , mainly because the Derbyite party doubts the expediency of any bill just at this moment , and 'would gladly decline to take the re sponsibility of proposing a billjif called again to office ^ Assumingthe Reform Bill to be carried , the Session may be considered as virtually over , as the ministry would bring forward oniy the necessary financial measures before proceeding to a dissolution .
But the , programme of proceeding's , as far as it lias probability for its basis , will most likelytake ' this form : The Reform Bill will be introduced about n , fortnight or three weeks after Parliament assembles . Having'been laid before ' -the House , Government will most probably adjourn the formal consideration of its provisions until after Easter . The various stages will be leisurely proceeded with , and before the Commons finally agree to the measure the session will be tolerably for advanced . Then ' will , come the difficulty- —perlmps the chief one— -the reception the measure will meet with in the Mouse of Lords . If the Commons' measure shall be found to have too large a portion of the Bright element—that honourable gentleman having no superfluous love for the . aristocratic portion of the- legislature—then ifc is very likely that , 'the
' Lords will reject the measure , or so modify it as to render its rejectioii by the Commons indispensable . While the Reform Bill'' drags its slow length" through ^ Parliament , other bills will be introduced arid , pushed forward vigorously . Law Ameiidniont , Bankruptcy Courts Amendment , Tithes Abolition Bills , will be certain of a hearing . Above all , the Budget and tlie promised-revision of taxation—second only in importance to the ' Reform measure—must bo brought' on by the Right Hon . Gentleman who fills the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer ^ The Lords will , at least , initiate a Bill for the Reform of the Liturgy . Here alone is a tolerably ample catalogue of measures likely to be brought forward in the last session of the Reform'Parliament of 1832 :, many of which will have to be finally determined' by the new Reformed Parliament of— -probably—1861 . .
divisions ,, actual disruption , and temporary secessions , has at last compromised diiloroncee , and prepared a series of bills , live' in number , which are to bo brought forward at tho earliest momont by tho Foroign Seorotary . Theso bills will havo relation to disfranchisemont , enfranchisomont , and principle of rating . On . tho latter , it is oxpected , will bo concentrated tho whole antng'onistjc force of the rospectivo parties . As far as club report , may bo relied upon , there 1 ms boon a compromiso botwoen tho £ ' 10 household rnting / and tho ; C 5 franchise advocated by tho Bright party , by tho adoption of a mean of £ 7 household , rating . Taking 1 tho numbers of tho Pivlmorstonian supporters and tho JDorbyito adherents—or moro properly , tho Liberal party , including whig , radical , liberal , and adviuicod liberal , and tho Conservative party , comprising ultra and moderate torios—tbo balnneo of votos is understood to preponderate on
tho niclo of tho present Cabinet . Tlui Conservative pnrty , an n party , is unquoationably tho strongont ; in compact nunibors ; but ( ho ' minor parties , ftuch as tho j . ndopotulont and tho Irish pnrfckw , whou joinod to tho liberaT purfcv , uiidoubtodly carry n innjority of votos . It would bo n puroly Hpoculativo calculation to g-ivo nunibors . l ^ rtios aro not now divided , as horotoforo , into two well-deimed divisions . The Pnlmoi'aton Oabinot , wo have
Bedlamlte •Litjs.Rature. Clapham , Famou...
BEDLAMLTE LITJS . RATURE . CLAPHAM , famous always , even in the days of Sydney S ' mlLh ' i for the religious clement in its population , is but no \ y giving to the world a new church . The British public , as a body , has probably never heard of the Cottle Church ; but wo , in common with emperors , ministers , members of -parliament , and other celebrities , have been favoured with an exposition , if it can be so called , of the doctrines oi that sect . The Cottle Church , it would appear , does not disdaiin the political element in its teachings ; and one of its principal features ( in which , perhaps , it docs not stand alone ) consists of
altering texts of Scripture to suit its own purposes . We regret that spnee will not permit us to go into any detailed account of t |\ o tenets of this faith , but tlio few specimens we shall give from- tlio manifestoes which havo rouuhed us , will probably suffice to g-ive bur readers' : n general notion of its scope and characteristics , and will enable them to ascertain the inspiration from \ yhich it proceeds ; we may add tliat , notwithstanding tho extensive and wcll-organizGd propaganda the CoH ' o ChnrcTi possossos , its ( bundor appeftrs , in tho later tracts that have boon issued , to bewail the small impression as yet produced upon the public mind , avoix to a notion of abandoning personally further active attempts at pi'osolytism .
A remarkable and vdnablo quality of the literature of this Church is , that tho perusal of tho smallest extract from one of Ihojtrncts will bo as ofl ' ectunl in detorinininy its origin and character us tho perusal of whole volumes ., . Tho extracts wo shall now sot boforo our roadors will , we , think , bo sufficient to convince them of thin fact beyond tho possibility of a doubt . Tlio first document or tract wo come to ia dated IHh Mnruh , 1 H 5 !> , and is mUli-osscd by Mrs . Elizabeth Cottle , of KirkHlull Lodgo , Chvplmm , to Lord Derby . Wo havo slightly modified tho language , in order to suit it to the present channel of publication . " Ph . xix . fi . ~ -Tn thorn ( ' ' tho nervous " or oluu-ohoa ) lmth ho sqfc n ( JowliHh-CjUrlfltluu ) titboi-nnclo i ' ov tho ( Pagan ) Sim- ( day of Uhrisfcondom ) > vhlqh in ni ( , i lirldoffrnnm ( I ' rinoo Napoloon ) oominR onfc of hin ( bridnl ) anambvr ( n't Turin ) , ^ . nd v ^ jolooth ( with lilizaboth , in'her nofcn to tho Privy Council , t ' oli , 1 , LSSO , ) ivh n Rtronp ; ( Rojnan ) mnn to run a ( Derby ) ruoo . ' * Again : " IsA . xui . U , 3 . - llo shal l not vvy l ( idom \) , nor lift up ( IUh vyioc in
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 7, 1860, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07011860/page/14/
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