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The one Idea which . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the 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 . "—Humboldt ' sCosmo * .
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NEWS O .- THE WEEK— rxatc Tho Failure of Messrs . Strahan , Oxford . Old and New 602 THE ARTSImporial Parliament 690 ¦ , *** £ } ' l £° " A J ~ " iU" 596 The Baltic 60 S Two Plavs at the " Francais" 608 The > port of tho Sebastopol Com- . Health of iondou during the COUNCIL- MoSti ' aftecturef on Sculpture ! " i ^ ThTSS S > NaT & dMiiitar > News ::::::::: X ISJ ^ ISSLnt em TheTbeatres *• letters from the Baltic .. ' . " . " ... . ' 594 , Miscellaneous 697 The Honesty of the Clergy 603 Sir Charles Napier and Sir James Postscript 698 LITERATURE- Graham 594 Dl , a . lr * . CC .. ID ( . Summary 604 The Oxford Commemoration 595 public MPhMiKS , EustaceConyers 604 Births , "Marriages , and Deaths ... 60 » America 695 Hereditary Government 599 A Batch of Books 606 Our Civilisation 595 The Sebastopol Report 600 /»< muiiuico (» i / m . r-, IDO Letters from Paris 595 Church Diffusion 600 PORTFOLIO- COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSContinental Notes 596 Austria Stands at Ease 601 French Criticism on English Pic- City Intelligence , Markets , Ad-A New Conveyance Association ... 596 Wanted , Able Civil Officers 602 tures 606 vertisements 610-612
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TT ' VENTS crowd upon one another so thick , JLi that the striking incident of one day is obscured by the startling intelligence of the morrow . When the House of Commons assembled on Monday evening to resume the debate upon Mr . lyAY-Airo ' s motion " on the state of the nation , "
the proceedings were suspended , in order that the report , fresh from the Sebastopol Committee , might be read at the table . Before the public lms grown tired of discussing that long anticipated story , the Morning Post reports that the bombardment of Sebastopol has recommenced ; and ere we learn the truth of that rumour , fresh accounts from Iian o Sound disclose one of the
bloodiest incidents of the war ; then comes the report of the serious reverse before Sebastopol on the 18 th ; and then those humiliating details of outrages hy the Allied soldiery at Kertch ; and wliile we are roused by tales of this kind , we turn to notes the sudden fall of the French Funds , consequent on the mysterious malady of the Emperor .
The Government at home continues to meet lhe pressure of party and popular attacks by mustering ever } ' sign that it is active in reforms . And all the while our heaving commerce exhibits from time to time some of those startling irregularities which have this week placed three bankers before the criminal tribunal . Enough of news
certainly for one week ! Indeed , unless some crime bursts upon the public from the placid fields of fashion or commerce , —some bankrupt goes , not into the Gazette , but into the criminal courts , —some bloody encounter is reported from the scat of wnr , or some empire totters in the balance , the satiated reader , accustomed to be stimulated by " latest intelligence " three or four times in the day , declnres that " the papers are dull . "
The renewed bombardment of Sebastopol was announced carly in the week , and yesterday we learned the result in a serious cheek to the Allies . The bombardment was renewed on the 18 th nnd the French and English made a fresh movement , to complete tho real but still partial success of the 7 th . An immense force of the French -was flung forward to seize the Malakofl tower , tho Knglish throw themselves upon tho liodan imMory ; but tho Kussiann , who havo nover ceased to contest that part of the ground with unflinching courage and vigour , brought numbers
and daring to the resistance . And after a long and very bloody contest , the Allies were obliged to fall back , with an immense loss . They retreated in order to their old position ; but , for the first time in the history of the war , they have been obliged to yield bodily before the Russians . So say the authentic accounts , but there is a strong suspicion that the real intelligence is worse . The event happened on the 18 th ; we first hear- it on the 22 nd—and nothing more ! To account for this backwardness , it is surmised that the French Government wishes silence—on the Bourse .
Pelissier is sustaining his repute as a " grand maitre en tuerie , " but tho slaughterous faculty is disastrously exhibited in its effects on bis own men ! Next in interest is the tale of the Hango massacre . It is a short story , but one full of meaning . The British squadron has been filling up its time by harassing the coasts , suppressing anything like real commerce , and making the Russians feel that the crimes of their Government entail maritime
imprisonment upon the Empire ; for to such the possession of the Black and Baltic Sea amounts . Admiral Dundas , however , has carried out his hostilities with extreme leniency towards the poorest classes of inhabitants . Fishing boats were not molested ; prisoners were restored to land , and it was in landing a small party of the prisoners on the shore at Hango that the tragedy took place . A few Finlandcrs remained on board the Cossack , and Captain Fanshawk whs instructed to land them under a / lag of truce . A boat was sent in command of Lieutenant
Genkstk ; he approached the shore without perceiving any signs of inhabitants ; tho weapons on board were not loaded , and a flag of truce was displayed . No sooner , however , had the party begun to land than a strong body of Russians started from an ambush , and the whole party were murderously attacked . One man alone escaped ; and he reported that all the rest had been killed . The Russians did not know that this witness survived , and they havo put forth their own story through tho lnval ' ule , representing that the boats crew effected a hasty landing with all on board armed . From this version it would
appear , however , that cloven ot the party remained prisoners ; and tho Russian Government , unless it wishes to be branded with infamy , will at once bring forward these prisoners to confront tho survivor who escaped . With respect to tho honesty of our own officers thoro is no room for the
smallest doubt , and they appear to have taken a ^ necessary precautions for apprising the Russians that they came upon a peaceful errand . It is possible that the traitors presumed treachery , and would not see the signs of peace , or even their own unarmed fellow-subjects . The Russians also give us their account of the brilliant successes in the Sea of Azof . The St . Petersburg Journal / lescribas it as the " awful desecration of the coasts , the destruction of a few
small magazines , and a small number of vessels iutended to carry provisions to the troops . " This follows after General Gostschakoit ' s report , which reached thi ' s country last week , that the enemy had destroyed " all our ships , " and it accompanies the report of Lieutenant - General Kbasnov that the enemy have kept up au infernal cannonade at Taganrog " for six hours and a half , " being however repulsed by the courage of the Russians ; who lost " a Cossack . " The Russian official accounts Lave now quite * a habit of admitting the loss of one num .
It is a miserable duty , however , to confess that in one respect they seem to be on \ y too true . The acquisition of Kertch was disgi-aced by some of the worst excesses among the Turkish soldiers ; and even French soldiers took part in the fiendish orgies which are reckoned among " the rights of the conqueror . " Tho bad news from the Crimea is not likely to influence our position with Austria very favourably . Already there are signs of backing out on the part of that Power . A despatch to M .
Huwnkr , written on the 20 th of last month , is just published . It constitutes a kind of remonstrance with France for not having accepted the propositions of Austria at tho hist Vienna Conference j and while Austria still professes to stand to hcv pledges , she speaks in an apologetic tone , implying that she will do nothing until tho Allies put themselves in a stronger position . The reduction of her forces at the same time is a hint that this announcement is not confined to wordy . From an ally , Austria is sinking into a neutral , and the Western Powers arc told they are too weak to
expect more assistance . Thoro is no wonder if tho Emperor NAroi . KOJs ' s strong frame gives way under these anxieties , lie has , it is said , suffered under an attack that is usually agonising , and always dangerous ; and although ho showed himself at a theatre on Monday evening with the Empress , it ia not presumed in Paris that ho is , therefore , q uito restored . The
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Leader (1850-1860), June 23, 1855, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23061855/page/1/
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