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" The one Idea -which . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—biio noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by orejudice and one-sidedviews ; 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 apiritualnature . "—Humboldt's Cosmos .
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- fade i Trial of the llcv . Samuel Smith ... 313 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- IoUcts from Spam ...... 353 Gatherings from the Law and Po- Criminal Record 343 i The Ministry and the India Bill ... 347 a kS of IWn ^ s ^ ? 5 f liceCqurts . 338 Central Criminal Court : H 3 Tho Banquet Debate 343 ^ XL ^ Spnt Wrn f ? l The Indian Bevolt 339 The . Aasi 7 . es 344 ; The French Umpire in Europe 34 S v » wtaik ? ,, s and Eenublfea ions 355 The Orient 339 Obituary 344 influence or Buckle on the Position ' Publications ana itepuoiieations ... 6 o 5 The Easter Banquet 331 ) Naval and Military 344 of Women 349 _ ,. _ . „ „ -,-,. _ State of Trade 340 Miscellaneous 344 Education and Literary Teaching ... 349 Jt ¦ , m * . ceui ^ tsand Sudden Deaths ......... 340 Postscl . 345 L 1 TERATURE _ ^^ S ^ S < £ ^ " =- — III S ^ ost ^ mou ^ papeVs-:: ::: ; : ; :: :: I n OPEN COUNCIL- aSs taS : ::::::: : : ::: ^ ; commercial affair s-Thc Case of the Cagliari 341 The Cagliari Case 346 New Novels 352 , The Gazette 355 Continental Notes ? . 342 Turkey and China S 46 Jansenism in Holland 353 ! City Intelligence , Markets , & c 356
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? T ORD DEUBY , governed by the idea that he Ju would be a bold , not to say " presumptuous Minister who , with a notice of a few days or even of a few weeks , could hope to strike out a scheme of Indian government which , should not be open , to grave objection , or which in its progress would not require serious modifications / ' has taken the same course with regard to his Indian bill , that ' manly TVycherle y ' did with his poems , which , being very bad , he placed in the hands of youthful Pope to be made ' very good . ' Lord Derby has put his bill into the hands of the public _ : it is a very bad bill , and he asks to have it made a very good one . The task is not a grateful task : Pope quarrelled with manly Wycherley before he had trimmed half the old wit ' s verses ; how far in the labour will those whom Lord Derby invites to trim his bill go before they quarrel with him ? The Board of Directors of the East India Company starts with a quarrel ; but that was to have been expected even by Lord Derby , and the only thing remarkable thereupon is that their quarrel is not only with the Minister and his measure , but with the late Ministry to boot . Not only do English Ministers know nothing about India , they sny , but the people of this country know still less ; and the reasoning used at the meeting of the proprietors was at least forcible . Objections urged with such temper will , of course , havo groat weight with Parliament , Press , and Country . They object almost in toto to both Lord Palmerston ' s and Lord Derb y ' s bill—most to Lord Derby ' s j but tho end of their objections so far is the announcement of a very natural determination—to devote thoir expiring energies to the dofonoo of tho present system against tho attacks of uninformed adversaries . Tho Directors aro making tho most of tho rivalry of parties . In a fur more popular spirit has Lord Derby's Mansion Houso invitation boon accoptod by tho Manchester Chamber of Commerce . The directors of that institution have agreed to send a petition to 'Parliam ont ^ n"tlre * siibjootrofi ; lre'India 'Bi > Hsr- --Theirtempernto but firm rejection of tho elective sohemo must convince tho Minister of tho groat mistake which has bcon nnado , in supposing that suoh a mode of constructing an Indian Council would ho popular ; tho leading commoroial representatives of one of tho loading cities that wore so flatteringly distinguished assuro him that they ontiroly
disapprove of his eleetional element . An Indian Minister and Secretary in Parliament , aided by a Board consisting of four or more permanent Secretaries , who should not be permitted to sit in Parliament , and should . bo paid at least 2000 / . a year each , —such is the Home Government for India suggested by . theManchester Chamber of Commerce ; but it looks rather to local government than to the supreme authority at home for the future prosperity of India ; and thinks , therefore , that the powers of the Governor-General in Council should be retained , and that the Governors of the minor provinces of Madras and Bombay should have larger powers conferred upon them . The directors have , at least , dealt with the subject in a temperate and practical spirit ; if they have not helped the question forward in any great degree , they have not complicated its discussion with cither bitterness or perversity . While we at home arc slowly moving towards the settlement of some form of Indian Government , events in India arc rapidly following one another on the road to that complete pacitication which alone can be a safe , or in any way proper , foundation for a reformed and healthy government . The telegraph , anticipating the contents of slowertravelling mails , tells us that Lucknow is oursgained with trifling loss . On the 8 th of March all was ready for the attack ; on the 9 th , Sir J . Outram " turned the cnomy ' s first great line of defence by an enfilading fire , " and from that time , step by stop , tho generals , acting in concert and supporting each other at all points , moved forwards , until , on tho 15 th , thoy woro masters of the major part of the city , and very fow rebels remained within its boundaries . Out-manoouvrcd and beaten on every side , the rebels lied by thousands , rushing wildly by tho artillery planted to intercept their flight . Both cavalry and artillery were sout in pursuit of tho panic-stricken wretches , with what result wo have yofc to learn . Meanwhile , wo know that tho capital of Oudo , tho very citadel of the rebellion , is in our hands , and that our succoss has boon purchased at a surprisingly cheap rato . At the first view , wo might be iiioliuod to rogrot that -bhe-aotion-had-nofc—beon-more-deoisivo—as-rogardstho mutinous Sopoya ; but wJiou wo rofloot that u great slaughter of tho enemy could only havo boon aooompaniod with a grievous loss on our sldo , wo aro satisfied with tho rosult that has boon achiovod . Tho ouoitiy , broken up , dispirited , ( lying for thoir baro lives , havo boon driven , out of thoir stronghold , to bo hunted down in course
of time , and under circumstances which will , in all probability , give all the odds to us . The papers relative to the seizure of the Cagliari which have been laid before Parliament , and published this week , while they help us to a knowledge of all the steps taken in the affair by the late and present Government , furnish a painful example of the shortcomings of our diplomatic agents abroad . Almost from first to Jast has there been indecision , laxity , and positive incompetency on the part of English officials , by whose doings the business has been complicated to a degree that renders its thorough disentanglement all but impossible . But for the impediments thrown in the May of Lord Clarendon by his own subordinates , aiid by himself , there is little doubt that months of trial might have been spared to our two countrymen , and the wrong done by Naples to the law of nations would have been adjudged , and possibly atonement enforced long before the present time . However , the accordance of England with Sardinia with regard to the question of the illegality of the seizure of the Cagliari is now put beyond doubt . The just and spirited course pursued by our ally , in calling upon the naval powers of Europe and of the Avorld to make common cause with her in demanding satisfaction for a wrong which , though specially injurious to her , is an injury done to all , will find entire sympathy in England , which will not be content to sec work which she is best able to perform undertaken by weaker hands . But what say tho official gentlemen , in or outP Truly they know littlo about England , and care less . However , the case against Naples is now in every way complete , tho fini shing touch being given to it by Mr . Park , tho second engineer , whoso account of tho affair , from the starting of the Cugliari on her unfortunato voyage down to the moment of his dclivory from custody , shows tho animus by which all tho proco cdings of the Noapolil . au authorities lias been governed , — a bitter political hostility to this oountry , for which a bitter reckoning must bo exacted . If Paris wcro roally Frimoc , we might for a moment suppose that prosperity had reached to a ^ oin <^ of- 'iriagniflccncor ^ -N-APO ] > jT : oN--goes-- 'on- "yoar-- —— - after year adding new splendours to his capital , as if ho hnd aohioved all olso demanded of him by his country . Another now lino of stroot-way will meot the view of visitors to Paris this summertho Boulevard do Sobastopol . It strotches aw ^^^ . from the Boulevard St . Denis , between thxf ^ leB-U . ^ . ' X ( St . Douis and St . Martin , in one xx \\\^ bfl 0 p $$ \ L W $ ) ^ « M ' lW M = ? ^ krr 7 w * V— P ° **' ' " ¦ "Ay . ' sKzLcrm , - ! V 'SA ^ g •• sSixO ^^
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Leader (1850-1860), April 10, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10041858/page/1/
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