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c r /^}^ /~ V' vV \ r ' V' -V ? A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW .
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"The one Idea -which History exhibits aa evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—tho lioole endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-szded views ; and . by t ^ ? A i ^^ j ^ Vi ^ ° JS ? Sf 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's Cosmos .
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Review Of The Week- I-Aoe Miscellaneous ...
REVIEW OF THE WEEK- i-aoe Miscellaneous 297 The Oaths Bill Debate 301 ^^^""^ Essavs 307 B ^^ S ^ tr ::::::::::::::::::: IS Postscript 297 ¦ &^& % ^ r ? MF ™ = K ^^ ftsF ^ SPS" ? li T ™ e Indian Revolt 293 OPEN COUNCIL- . The last-Misconception' 302 Publications and Repubhcationa ... 307 TS & SSSS !* suddeniie ^ hs ::::::::: i * councils « rconciliation 298 . ^ S' ^^ neiYiaVion ::::::::::::::: iS » theartsgeS !!^ .:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: it ; » obuc affa . rs- - ^ SleS ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SSS ? S ^ ffi » n ^^ . ^ .::::::::: 3 S ThoOrieut 29 * China ... 208 .. „ .. _ .. „ America 294 I Explanations 299 LITERATURE- CmUinentaTNotes 295 The Bank and the Bill-Brokers 299 |^ X 7 m ; tor ^ " orEiVriiind SO * COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS-^ BP-: e : ^ : heZ \ f % zs 3 &~ Z B B *™ z 1 ^^ = x ^ =: ^ £ ; :=. z
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A STRONG proof , if not of their inherent ¦ weakness , at least of their want of united powers , was given by Lord Derby ' s Government on Monday evening . In the absence of Lord Ellenborough , and under circumstances that appeared to admit of no delay , Lord Brougham put a question , to the Government . He had just heard , he said , that it was in contemplation to send out two military officers to Accra , on the west coast of Africa , for-the purpose of recruiting negroes for service in India ; the officers alluded to were , he iiad been informed , to start from England on the following day . Was it true that sucli an enterprise was on foot ? Not only had some such rumour reached Lord Brougham ' s ears , but it was pretty widely bruited , and Lord Bhouguam , after fifty years' endeavour to put down the African slave trade , might well put his question to the Government with something of anxiety . How thoroughly assured aud satisfied he must have been with the unhesitating answer of Lord Derby , backed by Lord Hardinge ! Lord Derby actually interrupted him to answer that he had ' never heard' of the report until Lord Brougham himself had communicated it ; and Lord Hardin ge bore witness that the War Department knew nothing of such a report , which , in fact , he believed to be wholly without foundation . What could Lord Brougham do more than to express his satisfaction at having been misinformed ? So the matter ended—for that night . But on Tuesday evening the proceedings of the august House of Lords were opened by Lord Ellen ¦ borough , who gave a flat contradiction to the denial of his colleagues , informing Lord Brougham that ho hud been perfectly well informed , for that her Majesty ' s Government had intended to sond out to the Gold Coast two military officers , though the Nogroes to have been enlisted wore 'Kroomen , ' a class of Blacks very commonly engaged for service on board ship on the west coast of Africa . The Presi-— -dettroftlro " 13 oaTd-of-Gontrol-furthep-oxplaiiied 4 hat . the departure of the officers was only prevented by eomo difficulty with regard to the mutiny laws . Such , at present , is the way in which the Government of tlio country is oamod on—by consent of the . Opposition . Tho passport nuisance was brought under the notice of the House by Mr . M . Munbs in the form
of an application for copies of the correspondence , & c , which has passed between the English and French Governments relative to the recent alterations in the passport system . It is clear , that while an incalculable amount of injury is done to the people of this country by the new regulations , France is not in the smallest degree benefited by the working of the change . The difficulties placed in the way of obtaining a Foreign-office passport prevent no one from entering France with sinister purpose . The same trick that was employed by Orsini , who entered with a passport furnished to Allsop , can be employed by others with similar motives , or the device could be varied . But the question is not as to what restrictions France may please to put upon the right of strangers to land upon her shores , but as to the useless difficulties placed in the way of English travellers by their own Government . An English passport , or permission to enter France , can never be made a guarantee of the character of the person presenting it ; all that it can be made to do is to furnish a sort of testimony to the traveller ' s nationality . It is for the French authorities to decide whether the bearer is to be credited . Meanwhile , whatever may be the inconvenience and distress suffered by Englishmen , the effects upon the pockets of a vast class of tradespeople in France will tell in a way not likely to be advantageous to the Imperial Government ; while even the larger commerce is hindered , indirectly by impediments to travelling , directly by the feeling of apprehension which exaggerated precautions engender . From the exhibition of . argumentative power displayed on Monday night , on the bringing up of Lord John IIussell ' s amended Outlia Bill , it is plainly impossible to come to an amicable settlement of this question ; opinions can never be brought into agreement , or oven harmony . Opposition , through thick and thin , appears to bo looked upon as a duty by various ' representative' members , < uid their grounds of objection uro us various ns their personal appeuranco or their sectarian attachments . Still , tho course of the bill ( which is pcrlmps ^ L . g & QjfLj ^ p ^ with any chance of hol < Ih » g ~~ it 3 way inrouglPLlio House ) has been steady and sure ; and the majority of 297 to 14 ) 1 in favour of tho admission of lows into Parliament , and of permitting them to tuke tho oaths , omitting tho words " on tho true faith of a Christian , " must oarry considerable weight with it into tho Upper House . Mr .
Walpole hoped that that was the last time on which he should have ' the pain of debating the question : the cheers of the majority implied what the Lords will probably consider ' culpable expectancy . ' I A measure likely to provoke an opposition quite as determined , and even more bitter , is that of Lord Bury , to legalize marriage with a deceased wife ' s sister . Like the Jew Bill , this measure , vhatev er form it may take , will be met by cutand-dried arguments , iterated and reiterated with all the force of obstinate and unconquerable bigotry . Eixo ugh for the present to record that a majority of 105 against 62 gave Lord Bury permission to introduce his bill . Mr . Ayrton ' s motion for leave to bring in a bill to remedy the present inequality in metropolitan poor- rates must be taken as the first step towards a very great reform . The operation of the proposed measure is to be confined to London , but the reasons which make such a reform desirable with refe rencc to the metropolis will hold , more or less , with regard to every town in England . That tho rich quarters of London , after driving the poor out , should get off scot free , while the parishes into which the ejected poor have been driven should be made to bear the increased burden , is a position indefensible on any ground of reason or justice . The model of Mr . Aryton ' s bill has been that of the bill carried by Sir Benjamin Hall for the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works . There is a second important reform which the principle of the present bill could and would help to promote—the establishment of a . great cen . tra , l , mi ^ nicipality , of whieli the City of London would naturally form tho nucleus , and the beneficial influence of which would be immense . The little progress which has been made , indeed , towards the fulfilment of such a scheme is attributable to the jealousy of Parliament , which fears in it too near a rival to the throne . The annual tilting-matoh about tho Irish Viooroy has been this week as mild as tho Eglingtoun tournament , where the lances to be shivered were sawn half-through , Sir Cornewall Lewis made u business-like statement , showing some advantages ^ m 1-pmpmrt « , y-in ., rcmoyfo ^ and dignity before tho Union , but is now ou 3 ^ j ?^ N ~ T 7 * n . date ; yet ho could not agree to the mo ^ L ^^ Jv ^^ M /? S ^ A \ ^ removal , because a fifth Secretary of SLttto ® n ^^ W ^ ' ^ £ 3 lucky , or some reason equally valid . Lo S Mf ^& Jj \ J / J ltuss * SLL also Invited between two t P ^» lj ^ Mft ^ H hd Lord Pauujsustoit , not uctuaUy dol ' 5 | S ®|^ H 3 £ j
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Leader (1850-1860), March 27, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27031858/page/1/
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