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      ^^^^\^ VV AP / V -V ? A POLITICAL AH ) LITERARY REVIEW ,

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      Tae one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—cue jio . jIc endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between mea by prejudice and one-3 ided views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race a 3 one brotherhood , having one ereat object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .

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      033 Review Of The Week— Paob Miscellaneo...

      033 REVIEW OF THE WEEK— paob Miscellaneous ... 1207 Constitutional Opposition , in Iteligion in Common Life 1218 M ' i ?¦ •;•"" - ••• J 202 Postscript ..... 1209 France .... , .. 1213 Tho Three Clerks 1218 KtiS ^ i ^ P « Jio ' } ani OPEN COUNCIL- Politicsof tho Indian Rebel lion ... 1214 \ Npvclettes 1218 llSelKn ^ volT "" """" ilo j Our Monetary System .. 1209 S . troiigGoverninentinW'hitecross- _ . _ 13 ooks for the Toung ..... 1219 Speeial Correspondence from India 1204 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- How to KiiiaGoverness " """" in ! THE ARTSAccidents and Sadden Deaths .. 1204 The Currency Debates 1209 A Case in Court ¦ ¦ '" " 1215 Departure of the English Opera Ireland ........... 1204 The Campaign in Ou < le 1211 . ¦*¦«¦ " «> . « - . »» uuu " -- mo Company . ? .. .. ; ..... 1219 Continental Notes 1206 Public Opinion and Parliamentary LITERATURE— Miss Arabella Goddard . 1219 Naval , and Military 1205 ^ Reform . 1211 Summary 1216 The Gazette 1220 Our Civilization ... ........... . 1206 Widowers and Second Wives ...... 121-2 The Campaign of 1815 .. 1216 ' « MlulirD ^ . ; . ' , _ Gatherings from , the Law and Po- Christmas and its Trials 1212 History at a Glance 1217 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSlice Courts 1207 The Elections in Belgium ............ 1213 Essays on the French Revolution 1217 City Intelligence , Markcts , & e ..... 1220

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      VOL / VIII , ] Na 404 . ] SATIXUDAY , DECEMBER 19 , 1857 . Price { SS' ^ rSS ^'

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      V MA . SS . of ' further intelligence' by the heavy XJL mail . ' Sir Henry Havelock ' s despatch is the most heart-stirring and interesting of the documents . At vliat a cost of toil , suffering , and peril was the relief of Taucknow accomplished ! What . a series of appalling difficulties liad to he faced and

      surmounted ! Sir Henry ' s clear and unimpassioned way of telling the wonderful story makes it the more impressive . On the 23 rd of September he came upon the enemy , strongly posted at Alumbagli ; the head of his little column first came under fire of their gunSj having to march along the Trunk Road bet-ween , morasses ; but his force had no sooner

      deployed before their foe than victory was assured . General Outradi , after leaving the command in the hands of his noble junior , and retaining only his civil rank , fought in the front of the battle ' with his accustomed gallantry , ' as Sir Henry gratefully aad admiringly reports . Out noble troops were exposed to an incessant cannonade during twenty four hours ! A . body of 1500 cavalry swept to their rear and attacked the baggage-guard , but were beaten off with the loss of twenty-five

      by the unaided bravery of the 90 tli Kegiment . The whole force had been marching for three days c under a perfect deluge of rain , irregularly fed , and badly housed in villages ; ' but nothing could daunt them , and with music and flying colours they fought their way , literally , step by step , into the beleaguered Residency . " To form a notion of the obstacles overcome , " says Sir Heniiy , " a reference must be made to the events that arc known to have occurred

      at Buenos Ayrcs and Saragossa ; our advance was through streets of flat-roofed and loopholed houses , each forming a separate fortress . I . am filled with surprise at the success of the operations , which demanded the efforts of 10 , 000 good troops . " A baronetcy , with a pension of 1000 / . a year—even though augmented by a colonelcy with its 1000 / . — arc tokens barely adequate to represent the country ' s thankfulness for the services so gloriously performed , so modestly described by General Havelock .

      The Lcadenhall-street Company met on Wednesday for tho special purpose of rowarding the services of some of the men who have given health , blood , and life to save the Indian possessions of the East India Stock proprietors . The said proprietors have not done their duty very graciously . It was proposed to" give Sir Aucudale Wilson an annuity of

      1 . 000 / . ; to Lady Neiix , widow of the late Brigadier-General jNeill , 5 0 . 0 / . a year , and the same sum to Mrs . Nicholson , the mother of the late Brigadier Nicholson . The annuity to Sir Abchdale Wilson was carried at once , without dispute ; but when some one spoke about the inadequacy of the sum proposed in the other two cases , lie "was told to remembei that the proprietors were voting away their own money ! ' Scarcely so ; for it is now tolerably certain that , but for the heroism of the men wlio have died in their service , they would have no money to haggle over , at least none drawn from the East Indies .

      There are only one or two points of political interest in the foreign news . One is the satisfactory termination of the Belgian elections , in which the efforts of the Liberals , forewarned and forearmed by the consequences of the supineness of the Liberal party in the Sardinian elections , have secured a handsome majority , from the working of which the best results are anticipated ; another

      point is the resolution of the [ French Government to allow Count Migeon to rccanvass the electors of Colmar without further opposition , functionary France , smarting under the drubbing which it has so lately received at the hands of this man , who cannot be made to understand what is expected of him by the usages of Imperial society , cries " Hold , enough !"

      The principal topic of Prussian politics is the state of the King's health . The date named for the resumption of his sovereign authority is the 23 rd of January ; but there appears to be no chance of his being in a iit condition to return to the conduct of affairs . Under these circumstances , it is proposed by the party whose interests arc imperilled by the absence of the King from the supreme authority , that there shall he si sort of joint Kegency—that is , the Government to be carried by the Prince of Prussia and the King . The fear of the Liberals is , the Prince may be induced to consent to the proposed arrangement oul of deference to his brother .

      One or two meetings of importance have been held during the week . The more important one was upon the subject of Indian Reform , under the presidency of Lord Bury , at St . Martin ' s Hall , on Thursday evening . The principal speaker was Mr . Hoehuck , and the principal resolution was condemnatory of the system of the double Government of India , as tested by the results of its administration . The remedy proposed by Mr . Koeijuck , which was received with applause by the meeting ,

      was the substitution of a responsible Sccrctary-of-State for India , with a Governor for each of the three Presidencies , as at present . Also perfect liberty in matters of religion ; but , he said , "I would require you to make the religion of the Government of India the Christian religion . " The speakers at the adjourned meeting of the Society for the Propagation of tlie Gospel in Foreign Parts 3 held on Wednesday at Willis ' s llooms , were of the same

      opinion as Mr . IIoebu ck as to the neces sity for a Christian Government for India , but differed from liim , in not demanding any guarantee for religious liberty . Bishops and Missionaries are the instruments proposed by the Bishop ofOxroRD and his coadjutors for the regeneration of India ; sound political institutions and the benefits of growing liberty and intelligence arc Mr . Roebuck ' s means of bringing about the same end .

      The public are astounded at the commercial disclosures on every side , says the Times ; our own . readers have l ) ecn better prepared than those of the leading journal , whose commercial editor says : — "Even those most conversant for years past with all the great operations of business had no idea of the degree of corruption that nt each turn was defeating the efforts of the honest trader . The question is , have they yet any adequate conception of the extent to which the system has been carried ? " No ; each day brings some fresh announcement of break-down , and each day throws some new light upon previous cases . The commonest thing

      in the world at the present day is to sec men like Mr . Stephens or Colonel Waugh , who have been managers or directors of banks , flying , or under accusation before courts of law . Some more cases have l ) ccn explained this week , in which we see a capital , say of 9000 / . or 10 , 000 / ., with trading to the extent of half a million or so , the trade consisting in great part of ¦ pure risk , which ends in loss much more for other people than for the man who trades . " A house in Glasgow is sbown to have had seventyfivc real or fictitious correspondents , all insolvent like itself , upon whom it , had drawn to the amount of 380 , 000 ^ . ; the whole finally centring in tho Western Bank . "

      Amongst the spcoiiilcnscs before the public this ' week , we have tliat of the Unadulterated Pood Company , whose slmnihoUlcr . s have becu [ exerting themselves to procure ; a windiug-iuy ^^ Si ^ St . with tin ; promoters oi" Ilio coinjmua » ^ MW ^^^^ ) ^ CilSC Of BuNNOCH , TWKNTYMAN , ^ - | S (^ SKffiJ ~ 2 trade inverted upon an apex of c ^ wRTJja ^ lffl $ fl if . the question at the Stock ExcnmigOU ^ flfcwS ^ W li ^ ^^ kw ^ i ^^ ^ ¦ ¦ )*

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 19, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19121857/page/1/