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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 arid 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 , "—Humboldtfs Cosmos . ^
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iuc «/«! nFTuEWFFif- page The Past Day 272 Not the least Difficult of the Four Novels 282 NEWS OF THE WEEK— pack A Vision before a Past 273 Four Points 277 Rural Economy 283 Imperial Parliament 266 State of Trade , Labour , and the Factory Labour 278 Two " Shilling" Books 284 The Sebastopol Committee 268 Poor 273 Lord Lucan 279 Books on our Table 284 The Vienna Conferences 269 Health of London 274 Hospital Boats 279 THE ARTSThe Protest of the Prussian Re- Fall of a Bridge at Bristol 274 Explanation 279 Tt , « PA ™ ir . ii « Mnf *» f oai presentatives 269 The Accusations against Lord " The Stranger" in Parliament ... 280 The Royal Gallery of Art 284 Prussia and tho Forces of the Clanricarde 274 Federation 269 Miscellaneous 274 OPEN COUNCILTheWar 269 Postscript 275 Hints to the Admiralty 280 Births , Marriages , and Deaths ... 285 Continental Notes 271 purlic AFfAiRSCuba and the United States 271 KUH „ , . , „ LITERATURE— COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSThe Earthquake at Constantinople 272 The Choice of Issues 276 u ' tRmuRt 9 S , Crtvlntellieence Markets Ad-Speech of Cardinal Wiseman on Hungary , Italy , and Poland .... 276 Summary . 281 City Intelligence , Marsets , Aa theWar 272 The Fakington National Schools 277 Richard Lalor Sheil 281 vertiseinents , < src asa < asa
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FT 1 HE Congress at Vienna is still going on with X its tedious forms . From all accounts , it seems probable that the first point has in some way been settled , as well as the general acceptance of the Four Points as the starting point of the negotiation . But as the Plenipotentiaries are advancing with the minutest attention to forms , that progress threaten ^ to be slower than that of the besiegers at Sevastopol . Indeed , the reports
frOni that quarter are so much more cheering ;—• the English muster so much higher a number of effectives in excellent health , and the supplies and equipments are so much better and more expeditiously managed , that we might expect to hear of the " fall of Sebastopol" before the fall of Russia in Congress at Vienna ; only , unluckily , the Russians are making similar progress—advancing their works , increasing their supplies , and strengthening all their -positions *—
—Although nothing definitive has transpired respecting the ' proceedings in Congress , however , some statements have come out which are probable , and are evidently believed by those who ought to know . One is , that Austria has so far an understanding with the Western Powers as to have agreed upon military proceedings and a declaration of war , should the proceedings of the Congress be cut short . Prussia Proper is showing signs of movements —by Prussia we mean the Nation , and not the
Court . There is , though clogged as it is by a fantastical and restricted franchise , some kind of representation in the Second Chamber ; and here the voice of the people does to a certain degree make itself heard . A Committee appointed to consider the "War Estimates , lays before the Chanxbor the draft of a declaration expressing regret that Prussia has forfeited her position at the Congress by deviating from the course of policy which the Western Powers have upheld .
Nothing can be more manly than this declaration , or more opposed to the Court . Although a majority were not hold enough to vote the address , we are able to say , from positive knowledge , that it expresses the feeling of the Prussian people—its multitudes , its middle classes , its numerous professional classes , and its army—in other words , its numbers , wealth , head , and right arm . With such a state of feeling at home , it is quite impossible that Prussia can oflbctivcly make war on the side of Russia ; and it is evident that
her people feel humiliated by the unnecessary and insincere position which her Court persists in keeping as long as possible . Several of the foreign sovereigns have been addressing their soldiers , directly or indirectly . The Czar has been paying- " compliment on his own part , and on that of his father , to the soldiery of Russia , The Don Cossacks he rejninds
that the Emperor Nicholas loved and respected them , and sought their welfare ; and , as a proof , he mentions that that potentate wore the uniform of-a Don Cossack 4 If Nicholas so far paid tribute to the tribe , Alexander the Second crowns his bounty by sending the old clothes as a present to the Don Cossacks—one Joseph ' s coat for the million !—whereupon Punch makes merry with the present of " old clo 1 . "
The Emperor Napoleon has also been addressing his soldiers in Paris , and telling them that the military are the true nobility of the age . Many classes in this country would be disposed to contest that " assertion . ^~ yelT 6 in ~ e '" t " ruth "' Ts " iirit , ~ wl » ieh ;" they would do well to consider . Cardinal Wiseman enforces another truth when he tells us that the English army lacks the great element of strength , of intelligence , of national interest which ? is found in the French and , we may add , the Prussian army . That is a strong infusion of the middle class . The regulations practically
exclude them from our army ; limiting the military forces to the aristocracy , the very wealthy , and the extremely poor . An improved regulation would not only strengthen the army by admitting the middle classes , but would strengthen the middle classes by giving them an infusion of military spirit , knowledge , and sympathy . Science and economy are great things ; but , after all , military force is the ultimate arbiter of political power ; and no class can possess military power , no country can bo independent , which is not possessed of the sword .
High political subjects have taken the foremost places in Parliament this week , and have given riso to f » ome important Ministerial declarations . Lord LiYNDiiuusT has made a lucid and connected survey of the whole history of Prussian vacillation , from the timo when Fjiejdebick . timc Gnu at initiated the partition of Poland , down to the last evasions at Berlin ; a survey which drew from Lord Clarendon the admission that he could not contradict the statement , and that Austria has been as faithful to her engagements as Prussia has been falso .
A question from Lord William Graham elicited from Lord Palmebston the formal statement that the Government of this country would not desire the partition of Hungary from Austria ; Lord Palmebston , however , did not express similar opinions with regard to Poland . He pointed out how , by nieans of that country , with its numerous forces , and its great armies , Russia penetrates like a wedge between Austria and Prussia , menacing Germany ; and lie suggested that it would be for the interests of Germany , and her independence , to readjust Poland . Another important statement made by Ministers is , that a representative constitution will be faithfully given to the island of Newfoundland . There is the more reason to believe this assurance since local self-government has been so freely conceded to all the other colonies of Great Britain . We have the rationale of another colonial question—the negotiation for the sale of Cuba to the United States . The correspondence signed by Messrs .-BucHANANj Mason , ~& ud .. SoTJLK ,. the . re- presentatives of the United States in England , France , and Spain , on the one side , and Mr . Mabcy , Secretary of State at Washington , on the other , will be found to consist with the statements which we made at the time respecting the meeting of the American representatives . They proposed that their Government should seek the sale of Cuba , with a plain intimation that its peaceful purchase would be better than its forcible seizure . Mr . Mabcy checks , almost rebukes Mr . Soui . b , for making his hint so plain , and yet concludes with a suggestion so very like it , that we protest wo cannot see the dilFerence . It was this rebuke which was the cause of Mr . Soule ' s resignation ; but by this time the Government of Washington must have learned that Spain is not prepared to sell the island . Wednesday was duly observed as a day of prayer and humiliation—that is , shops were closed ; the working-classes had perforce a holiday , which was for some a p leasure , for others a privation ; men in business gave or accepted invitations to dinner ; thoro was a service in the churches , with much solemn nonsense uttered in the pujjp ii ^ and also some striking truths . It was , Ji y-sji ' otet ^ . a Sunday , with a sot subject for the i & rtft ^ ftft ^ the land ; and it ia hard , amongst the te * fch <^^<^ V established ministers and the proporti ^ a ^ Jrtli ^^ ber of Dissenters , if thoro were not em ^^^ m } ^ and practised men to give polished , if qgty j ^ Spltt !^ theses on the tppio of the day . g pvi-v-. V .. * ^^ y > '• ¦ •' - ¦ ¦ ' f i " '"'' \ £ //« V > 2 ^ hi . ^ t *< 0
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Leader (1850-1860), March 24, 1855, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24031855/page/1/
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