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A POLITICAL AND LITEEAEY BEYIEW.
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A Political And Liteeaey Beyiew.
A POLITICAL AND LITEEAEY BEYIEW .
" The One Idea Which History Exhibits As...
" The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is fixe Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down , all tae 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 . "—Hwnboldt'sCosmos . ¦ - » ¦ ± ?
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| ^ Review Of The Week— *Aoe America 249...
| ^ REVIEW OF THE WEEK— * aoe America 249 Webster to Alleyne 255 THE ARTS— * " Ireland .... 249 Imperial Parliament 243 Continental Notes .. 2 * 9 , ¦ ¦«„ .- „„ . " The KvU Genius" 261 The War ...,.... * .... 245 Naral and Military Hews 250 LITERATURE— Picco . .... 261 War Miscellanea 245 Miscellaneous 251 The Peace ' . .. 245 Postscript .. ..... 251 Summary 256 , Dinner at the Mansion-house to the Thomas Kaikes . Esq ., at Large .... 256 American Ambassador 245 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— A Batch of Scientific Booka 257 ; The Gazette 261 The Literary Firnd . 245 Knightly Manners * ... ...... 258 The Alleyne Charity 246 The Kara Papers 252 The Food ofLondon .............. 259 ^^ . _ _ ... ¦ * ¦ ¦ ¦ gThe Destruction of Covent-gaTden Lord John ' s Education Plan . 253 Christianity Pureand Simple .... 260 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS—1 Theatre ...... 246 Martin on the Future of Italy . 254 Contemporary Constellations . 260 Our Civilisation ....... .. 247 The Nations of the Principalities .. 254 Popular Education .., 2 Gl City Intelligence , Markets , & c 26
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TJEA . CE with Russia , and War with America—•*• that is the position into which we appear to be drifting . The fact that Prussia is incited to join the Conference in Paris implies that it has cooled down to the Prussian level , and that we are to have a continental settlement after the old Viennese Tashion—such a settlement as Prussia can share . That simple fact is almost enough . The ugly circumstance looks uglier when we cast a glance at the state of Prussia herself . A strange stain of blood has just come over her fficial life . One statesman is killed in a duel , two
others commit suicide . The Baron Von Hinkeldy , Director-General of tlie Police , had committed the outrage of approaching a place where certain princes of the blood and leading men of the Junker or Young Tory party were holding a carousal ; Hinkeldv , who was engaged in the search for some sharper , ^ approached , was superciliously warned off by one of the " swells , "
and the difference led to the duel . The * telegraph tells , * with grotesque brevity , " the fate of the other men—" Herb von Raumeii shot himself yesterday ; Count Canitz shot himself today . " Feudalism is rampant ; the King is walled in by a Camarilla ; and this Prussia is invited to assist at the Paris Conference .
Almost in the same hour that we have tlicse facts from ( he East , we have a flood of diplomatic correspondence from the West—far too much for us to grapple with at so late an hour in the week . It is , howover , of the gravest importance . We Icnra from 5 t , unmistakealrty , that the American Government has requested the recall of Mr . Crampton , because of thnt gentleman ' s complicity in the enlistment
affair , and no doubt also because , by justifying his most indiscreet conduct , the English G overnment adopted it . We have , by deputy , broken the statute law of the United States , and mixed ourselves up with the disreputable dodges of German-Rusaian adventurers like Hwnz and STRonret .. Sq thq Americana dismiss our representative , hecauso our officials will not disconnect him with those jieople .
Mueh has been made of the statement that our Ministers had offered to submit the Central American question to arbitration ^ Such an idea was thrown out by Lord Clarendon in a conversation with Mr- , Buchanan , but certainly not in any form in which it couUd be officially accepted . In such cases it is customary to put the proposal in writing , which , as a preliminary , binds the party making it . It was so in the case of the Oregon question , settled by Lord Ashburton . Our Government did not think it worth while to be so straightforward or so explicit in the present dispute .
When the Lord Mayor entertained Mr . Buchanan he must have been actuated by-a desire to show that the English public wishes to remain in friendly connexion with our American relations , our most important customers . A war between England and America would be one in which success would be impossible to either , but
each might realise a dreadful amount of loss , and might commit a boundless amount of crime . From the language of Mr . Buchanan we gather that he does not feel perfectly assured that friendly relations will continue . Nor do we . But should they be interrupted , we savy the fault will lie with the real public of the two countries , in not keeping its own government under proper check .
Simple folks expected that the grand debate of Thursday night would be an exposure of the Baltic campaign in 1854 . It turned out to be an exposure of Sir Charles Napier . He has never cut so unlucky a figure , which is saying a great deal . He has before been exhibited in the attitude of arguing against the Admiralty , when it calls him
to do something in the Baltic ; and he now paints the same picture with his own hand in more forcible lines and colouia . It is almost as if wo liad Cochbanb preaching against precipitancy in naval warfare ; Napier has done that . But the aged CocunANK is the very man who waa for blasting the Russians on the Baltic shores . To
make good his case , Sir Charles drew forth private letters from his old friend , Sir James , and then Sir Jameb drew forth more private letters , by which it turns out that Sir Chahxks wna driven to tllC Tilllflf nlmnsf na flm lflTY-. ll iu ! . »/! tsi nlniinlifaii
foreseeing his own failure . " Then , why was he - sent ? " said Captain Scobel . ^ , and to that question there was no answer . Sligo election has brought out strange but not surprising disclosures as to the way matters are conducted in London and Ireland . Mr . Somers who confessed himself " the bosom friend of Palmerston , " asserted that Mr . Town jjEy ' s agent offered him any sum , that he would like to name to give up Sligo seat : that agent being the most eminent on the Liberal side—the Warwick of
the Keform Club . So that , even in these reform days , constituencies are bought and sold by high incorruptible ! Ministers and members behave as if they were tired of the session . The holiday fever is upon them , and they sit their seats uneasily . Some of them do duty when any special parade is required ; but the House rises early ; there bas been a count out ; and tlie debates generally have flagged . It has been the exception , rather than the rule , when
any striking event has called forth a stronger feeling . The diseavery of flaws in the artillery of our forces and the anchors of our fleets ought indeed to have been startling , yet even this has been taken with much quietness . The ; Opposition attempted to make some resistance to the estimates—a sort of formal duty which the Opposition is held bound to fulfil . Among the items were the foundry at Woolwich and the factory at Enfield ; upon which the economists put their fingers on the " needless expense . " Not at all , replied Mr . Monselz ,, backed by Lord Pal-ribuston , if we do not keep
shops of oar own to show how guns can be made , and to try for ourselves what accidents may happen in the inako 3 the contractors will defraud us . They have already defrauded us ; wo have discovered flaws in tbc cannon filled up with separate bits of metal ; mortars have burst because the metal was j too soft ; and the same flaws are discovered ii **!*! other metal articles , such as anchors . After thffi can we tails of the Turkish corruption in sendin g ffi ^ ffi N . cosmetics to Kavs by way of medicines ? i ^ M ^^^ S ^ ^ ^ M dl of lavender-water or a pot of hair-nourish ^ > H ^ Hfn jj more inappropriate for hospital service ^ 'jfflf 1 ^^^ mm CC hay for Urktialm horses , or cannon that ^^ fe ^ w ^ wSfeii ™ & wards for British heroes . Wo treat the W ^^^^^^ ffi ^ It
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Leader (1850-1860), March 15, 1856, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15031856/page/1/
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