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      Jftz A &Bzx. Political And Literary Revi...

      Jftz A & bzx . POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW .

      "The One Idea Which Ffistory Exhibits As...

      "The one Idea which ffistory exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea . P' Humanity- ^ . iw ^ B endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men . by prejudice andone-sidedviewa ; and , by "" j ^ S f-vfi free 1 evelomnent ofReJigicm , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .

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      Contents :

      Review Of The Week— Raoe Naval Andmilita...

      REVIEW OF THE WEEK— rAOE Naval andMilitary 79 Bankruptcy Reform ; --iiV I 4 THE ARTS TThe Indian Revolt 74 Our Civilization ...:. 79 The English View of the French Plot 85 The Festival Performances at Her SDecial Letters from India 74 Gatherings from the Law and Po- Havo we a Resident Minister at Majesty ' s Theatre—Mr . Kean and Naval and Military Letters from lice Courts 80 Washington 86 the Court—A New Drama at the China 75 Obituary 80 "What we have to do in China 86 Adelphi 90 America ' 75 Miscellaneous 80 The Spanish Dancers 87 Mr . Leigh Hunt's New Play 91 The Attempted Assassination of Louis Postscript 81 Frugal Marriage 87 The Drama iu Pans ..... 91 oJffi ^ theiKSohChmbSrt :::::: 77 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- LITERATURE- rJSiUnMital Notes . ... 77 The Attempt in Paris 81 Summary 88 State of Trade ! . """ . I "'"'" . " . . "" 78 Our Epithalamium 82 The Political EconDmy of Art 88 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSArcidents and Sudden Deaths 78 Crown Government in India 82 A Year in Bengal ... ; .. 89 - oo Public utoSSm " ... 79 Crime-Compelling Conditions 83 Specimens of Court Foola 89 The Gazette . ^ » J Ireland . „ . ^ f ... ! " !"" . !""!!! " ! . ! .. " .. ... 79 The EmpirSof Eventualities 84 Publications aud Republications 90 City Intelhgence . Markets . & c . 92

      Voia Ix. No. 409.] Saturday, January 23,...

      VOIa IX . No . 409 . ] SATURDAY , JANUARY 23 , 1858 . Price { gSgggyjjEgSy ^

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      rflHE Emperor Napoleon has seized the opportu-J . nity made for him by the purveyors of handgrenades , and , besides introducing more Tepressive" measures , has drawn the sword of the Empire , and placed himself in an attitude of defiance before all his enemies , at home and abroad Detestable as the mode of attack unquestionably was , and from the details it appears to have been still more brutal than in the first account , he is not

      to be permitted to snatch an unfair use of the crime , and to get out of it the results which the assassins themselves would have obtained . If he were permitted , he would be prepared , while immolating the robbers , to take their booty to his own share . We described the attack last week . It was , in many respects , more concentrated in its murderousness and more reckless than we thought . The grenades , whether three or four , were of the most destructive kind that could have been employed for the purpose . The plan was so laid that they could be dashed on

      the ground in front of the horses' feet exactly as the horses approached . Pierri , who has been seized as one of the assassins , stood ready with a pistol and a poniard to strike the blow in the confusion ; for , the assassins appear to have calculated , first , upon the chance of blowing up the Emporor with the Empress , and anybody who might have been near ; and , secondly , of getting to his heart , hand to hand , in the tumult that would have followed upon the explosions . It is quite possible that the ferocity of their purpose defeated their design . It is

      well known that detonating powder , although more instantaneous and violent than gunpowder , imparts less momentum to the substances which it projects . The grenades , violently as they tore whatever fell in their way , probably created less commotion in the air , less commotion in the minds of the crowds , than if they had been made of the more clastic material . A few men wore killed , a few horsos , groat numbers

      —nearly 150—wore hurt , but the man at whom it was all aimed escaped with a wound only in Ms hat ; —and-if-thc-Empress-waa-stainod-witU ~ thQ ^ blQo 4 ^ Qf _ the wounded near her , the spectacle that aho presented on entering the Opera by tho side of tho Emperor , clothed in white , with tho red stains still upon her , was tho first inoident in tho drama that Navolbon has founded upon tho fuots supplied ljim by Ohsini and his accomplices . In less than four days uftorwards , ho oponod tho session with a tolling speech , in length and

      cxplioHness between our Royal Speech and the American President ' s Message—in spirit the speech of a chairman in a joint-stock concern which has just gone through a dangerous crisis , and knows how to take advantage of the opportunity . He boasted of what his Empire had done for France—a bo ast the more telling , and , let us confess , the more legitimate , since he has done a great deal in the way of promoting public works—allowing Pebeire to assist agriculture by mortgages a I'Anglaise , and exciting a commercial feeling amongst the uncommercial

      French people . Are you prepared , he exclaims to his party and to the interested classes—are you prepared to part with a rule that confers such benefits upon you ? You see the danger to which I am exposed , and in me , too , the peace , order , trade , and prosperity of this country . If you would not have a revolution to-morrow—expensive things in which the glass is broken and business is suspended—you must supply me with more repressive laws to keep down disorder ; you must make every candidate at the election of representatives swear to my constitution ; you must put down any papers that raise discussions against me , even covertly ; and I have also

      other plans of the same kind which you must give me . Everybody is charmed with the spirit of this glorious effusion , and in tremor at the prospect of a disturbance , and is quite prepared to do what he asks . The two Chambers are ready at onco to register his edict respecting oaths at elections . His Minister , by existing laws , has already suppressed the Speotateur and the Revue de Paris , We have discussed in another column the extraordinary pretcntions made by this lucky predecessor of Orsini —for Louis Napoleon himself only seized power by means of a more gigantic hand-grenade than any which Orsini could have thrown at his feet—the lfand-gronade was called Sx . Arnaud .

      Had 3 pain one great , or even one patriotic politician in her councils , there would bo hope for her future , and a world of scorn and contempt saved to her prosont . But it is too clear that there is not a single man in Spain strong enough , or good enough , to make head against tho monstrous influences ' which have debauched the whole political life of tho

      country , and make i'fFOouvlTa ^ ryi ) tignBBKird"ftl ~ tO" rest of Europe . We last wcok reported tho latest ohange of Ministry ; ' we now loam how that event was brought about . At tho opening of the Cortes , the Queon delivered a long address , full of exaggeration and falsehood , on tho stablo and gratifying position of her country and Government . A very few days later , hor Ministry wore defeated by the

      tactics of the Opposition and the ' Influence , ' and tendered their resignation . The Queen refused to accept it or to send for Bravo Murillo , the Opposition chief . The Ministry then drew up a decree , ordering the dissolution of the Cortes . But , again , pliant to the will of the unseen ' Influence / she refused her consent . Letters reached her from private hands , beseeching her not to dissolve the Cortes . These she showed

      to Armero , who boldly accused the Eang-Consort of being at the head of a conspiracy to place the Count of Montemolin upon the throne . This moved the fickle Queen to sign the decree ; but , like everything else in Spain , the execution of it was delayed for a few hours—long enough for the right time to pass by . The ' Influence' had time to exercise its wonted power , and the Queen revoked her decree . What then ? The Ministers

      took leave in ' high dudgeon , ' and flung their resignations at their mistress ' s feet . And so Spainthough she loses little by the loss of Messrs . Armero and Mon—is handed over to the handiest Court tools , Sefior Isturitz and his coadjutors—and the governing * Influence . For how long ? While , happily , Europe does not supply a single parallel to this degraded Court , it furnishes many contrasts , none more striking than that presented by the Government of Piedmont . There we see at

      work a vigorous policy of reformation and progression which , wielded by the firm hand of Count Cavour , promises to stand , at no distant time , as a model policy for liberal continental Governments . In the circular addressed by Count Cavour to the Int endants-General and Provincial Intendants , in his capacity of Minister of the Interior—r-whieh office he holds pro tern ., in consequence of the retirement of Signor Raxazzi—he expresses firmly his determination to pursue the path upon which tho Government has proceeded so far upon the road of political be the

      and social development , and he deolaros it to * duty' of tho Government * to promote that policy aud oauao it to prevail , whether in Parliament , in tho electoral committees , or before the supremo tribunal of public opinion . ' That is a manly and trustworthy acknowledgment of a high obligation ; -nowhere-wiH 4 ta . fuluhnentJ } Qia ^^ interest and confidence than in this country , fl ^ w - \> Another frank out-spcakcr is Mr . BuWAj ^ iJU Ho has addressed a messago to Congress oi ^ c $ tfij ^ ,. ; r j cot of Walker ' s oapturc by Commodore B ^ i ^ G . ^ 5 Without attempting to oxoulpato his o { 1 ^ % ]&*; $ tho ohargo of having committed an illegflflko ^^ ri' ^ landing uninvited upon tho territory of N ^ ra ^ ft ^? ^

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 23, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23011858/page/1/