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      ^^^^T^^^^^Is W^Ty, Wv ^Im&Q ' ^ A Politi...

      ^^^^ t ^^^^^ iS w ^ ty , wv ^ im & q ' ^ A POLITICAL ATO LITERARY'REVIEW . .

      ''The One Idea Which History Exhibits As...

      '' The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing it 3 elf into greater distinctness is the Idea of Hunianity—tnc iiu !> le endeavour to throw down . aH the barriers erected between men by prejudice and 0 n . e-31 dedv 1 . ew 3 ; 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 anintualnature . "—Humboldt's Cosmos .

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      Ce Review Of The Week— I ; Ao B Criminal...

      ce REVIEW OF THE WEEK— i ao b Criminal Record . 405 Public Men and " Private" Admi- Merivale ' s Roman History ...... 472 Public Meetings 45 S Central Criminal Court -fcja nistratiojis .. 469 Mr . Forster ' s Essays 4 . 73 Imperial Parliament 458 Gatherings from the Law and l ' o- Opposition under Difficulties .. 469 The Ancients and tlie Moderns 473 The Indian Revolt . . ,. . ... 461 lice Courts , 465 The State Ball and its Dressmaker 469 Novelettes ... - .. 474 Mr-Layard on India ... " " .-462 Naval ami Military 4 C 6 A . n Alisonic Ode 470 Publications and Rcpublications ... 474 Itfr . Commissioner Yell ..... 462 Mercantile Marine 460 National or Local Charity 470 Ireland .. ' 45 : 5 Miscellaneous 466 j Russia and our North-West Fron- THE ARTSThe Orient ..... .. " .. ! .. ! ,.. " ] .. ! ' !! 463 Postscript 467 —tier 470 The Hoyal Academy ....... ... 475 * ¦ America 4 ( M PUBLIC AFFAIRS— Divorces 471 ^ * ' Continental jtfotes 4 & 3 Our Indian Empire jind Factions ¦ . ' ' The Cow on . the Rails 471 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSAccidents and Sudden Deaths ......... 4 ( Jt at Home ....... ; 407 [ LITERATURE- The Gazette ............. .......... .... 475 ¦ State of Trade ...,......- 404 The Independent Liberal Party .... 468 ; Summary 4 / 72 City Intelligence , Markets , & e ; 475 „

      Vol. Ix. No. 425.] Saturday, Mat 15^1858...

      VOL . IX . No . 425 . ] SATURDAY , MAT 15 ^ 1858 . " . ¦' . . Price {^ S '™ IS !>^'

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      The Proceedings Of, Loi-D Dekby's Govern...

      THE proceedings of , Loi-d Dekby ' s Government with reference to Lord Cannin g have so thoroughly laid bare its weakness and want of even ! working unity , that nothing but the extraoi-dinaiy indecision of its opponents could have saved it for an hour . Whatever the objection to be made to the Proclamation- of the Governor-General , the mode in which llic disapproval of the Cabinet lias been I - conveyed to Lord Canning has been infinitely jnoi-e objectionable . That Government had the right to '< object to Lord Canning ' s policy is not to be dispntcd ; hut justice and policy both demanded that ! objections should have been urged with due con-I sideration for his position , that , nothing should be done to weaken his authority in . the eyes of the turbulent people with whom he was dealing . Lord Derby and his advisers might have disapproved , "in every sense" the policy developed in the Oudc Proclamation ; but it was insulting to the Viceroy , and degrading to the character of the English Government , to publish u censure -which ; should have been suffered to meet no eyes besides those to which it was addressed . ¦ The question whether or not tbe late President of the Board of Control ought to have communil cated to Lord Eixenbokoxjgii the substance of a : private letter from Lord Canning , in which there s was a passage referring to the Oude Proclamation , ;| has been made a great point by the Government ; party , hut has little to do witli the matter . Lord j ELiiENflonouGii has been too long used to act upon : the simple impulse of his " irregular genius" to have given much heed to Lord Cannin g ' s suggested explanations as to the intent and working of his Oude policy ; it is doubtful whether the knowledge that Lord Canning was preparing to explain his Proclamation , or even whether the actual possession of such explanations would have ; wholly deterred him from seizing the opportunity to strike at the nominee of the Opposition . From the letter to the Chief Commissioner of Oude which accompanied the Proclamation we may judge the explanations by the light of which Lord Canning desired his policy to be read . That policy appeared upon the face of it to be excessively severe , but its severity is in a considerable degree modified by the provisions for working it out . With few exceptions the lands of Oudo are confiscated to the \ British Government , but only for the purpose of enabling the Government to deal completely with 'i !

      the landholders and to mete out justice , for the most part offering them easy terms upon which to regain the occupancy of their possessions . With regard , to those chiefs and , others who have to be dealt with as rebels , Lord Canning suggests that they shall be dealt with in four classes . The first includes all who may have been continuously inarms , but are free from suspicion of having put to death ov injured any Europeans who may have fallen in their way ; these it is proposed to guarantee their lives , but to require that they shall live ¦ "Under surveillance in -Luck now , until their ultimate condition and place of residence shall have been determined . The second class includes those who may have borne arms against the British' Government , but less heartily , or even with reluctance ; it is proposed to allow these to go at large "upon their finding security for their future peaceable conduct . The third class takes in all those who have been least compromised in the rebellion , and in . whom sufficient confidence may be placed to enrol them ¦ in the service of tlic police for the maintenance of order . The fourth class embraces those whose crimes are so serious that their only treatment must be penal : to these nothing but rigid jus tice is to be done , no overtures made , no - promises given , beyond that of life to such as can prove that they have not been concerned in any special act of atrocity . Such is the scope of Lord Canning's policy in dealing with reconquered Oudc , for which he has been so hastily censured by Lord Dekjjv ' s Government . Objectionable as many acts of Lord Canning have been , his Oude policy , Upon closer inspection , appears to be not so bad as it seemed at first , and the exulting spirit with which Lord Ellknrokough hastened to make a vacancy in the Governor-Generalship was a treachery to the country . His self-immolation , his request to be allowed to take the whole responsibility upon his own shoulders , does little to mend matters ; nor should we get any advantage from the sacrifice of Mr , Baiixie , to whose indecent want of reticence the ; publication of Lord EmjKnhonougii ' s despatch in its entirety was owing . [ Even if no direct vote ' of censure should be curried next week in the lower House on the motion of Mr . Cahdwxxi ,, the damage done to Lord Dkruv ' s Government by the course it has chosen to pursue ia this matter is beyond remedy : it stands clearly incapable of conducting the Government of India . The majority which rejected the Lords'Amendmeats of the Oaths Bill was most decisive , being

      no less than 113 . The House of Commons has , i . ndeetl , so strongly pronounced itself , that the only remaining question is how to save the susceptibilities of the Upper House . Lord John Hussell lias adopted precisely the best course . He has had-a committee appointed to draw tip the reasons of those who voted with the ¦ majority for rejecting the Lords' Amendments with a view to holding a conference with their Lordships . These reasons are excellent , and in effect recapitulate the best arguments that have ever been used in favour of the measure . It has now to be seen whether the last attempt , to induce the Lords to move with the spirit of the time will be successful ; should the attempt be a failure , the House of Commons , it is understood , will at once proceed to act upon some new plan of seating Baron ' . Rothschild . ' A . curious and striking illustration of the unscasona 1 ) leness of their opposition will be presented to tlieir Lordships when the committee appear at the bar of their House , Baron Rothschild himself being among the number , to plead his right to a seat in Parliament with their Lordships' concurrence . The attempt of Mr . Aybtok to arrange an equalization of the Metropolitan Poor-rates lias failed-Throughout the debates which have taken place on the subject , the anomalies and hardships of the present system of rating have been over and over again admitted ; but the always-ready argument of opponents that the remedy proposed is insufficient for the perfect cure of the evil to be dealt with , has again triumphed . Mr . Ayhton has withdrawn his bill , and the subject is put aside for another year at least . A better fortune has attended Sir John Trelawni- ' s Abolition of Church-rates Bill , which has passed through committee triumphantly . On this question the battle has been fairly fought , out , and the victory is so complete , that not a word need be ; said in the way of pointing a moral for those who doubted or counselled compromise . Mr . Lay Aim's return from India occurs at a convenient moment . His object in visiting- India was to assure himself with his own eyes of the actual state of things there , and he has returned fully assured . His first publicly-delivered words arc the key-not os of the dirge he is prepared to sing over India . The question will be how far M > . Layaiuj ' s hastily acquired experience in Indian mutters will he useful , or his conclusions i . ruaUvorlliy . lX < rpc ^ - ~~ . > scsscs all the qualities that goto niafco , * vj > h > ji . ap-t , , , eomplishcd traveller ; but , Jio umWl . jJ & c ^' no ^ . NtQ . , ' , ' J "¦ "' settle the rights of a most difficult qf ^ t /^ liijjkjn , ; ' \ .:- " p H <¦ ¥ . . H '{¦ _ <\< - / :.: " \ v V ' : -

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 15, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15051858/page/1/