On this page

• Departments (2)
  • 
  • 
• Text (7)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    Untitled Article

  • 

    Wm0 mM^WM

  • 

    Untitled Article

  • 

    « . ' ' Contertttf:

  • 

    Untitled Article

  • 

    Untitled Article

  • 

    Untitled Article

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    Untitled Article

    ] & // fyff rrfflr * ^ r ff Tfc ^^^^^ p S " v yy *^ / ~ - ~ " ' —

    Wm0 Mm^Wm

    Wm 0 mM ^ WM

    Untitled Article

    Monday knivecl , has passed , / iund th £ Derby-Bisra ^ € alm ^^ ' Iiideedj the Ministerial •^ jj&aj ^; , p ^^^' : \»/ -p { : ^ ^^ ia .- naorcj protracted kind ttiaji mA ^ m ^;^^^^^ fi ^* The Protectionists ! are proyok « igl ^ slow to fcegu * the reaction : and the OjppflSitibn 4 o ^ s not seein to know very : well what it ia ^ ahoui ; ; insomuch , that there in « tyhe aal ^ to : t » ev& ^ i ™* 8 terial crisis also in $ h $ 7 |( i !^^ mons , the wee k >^ i $ ct ^ Cabinet began with questionings ; Mr . James

    Wilson , asking Sir John ; Pakington , as the new Colonial Minister , whether he intended to reverse the Free-trade policy as i-espects the West Indies j and Mr ^ . Charles VilHers asking ministers generally , whether they intended to reimpbse a duty on corn ., At the same time , in the other House , Lord Beaumont' put 'the same question to Lord Derby . The rdpljes were , in substance , that Ministers do not intend to do anything of the kind this session , but that they ; retain their

    original opinions , iand ^ Ul prepare for a gradual return to protective policy . ; , In detail and manner , however , the rep ^ es varied .. Sir John Pakington was direct :-he slioilia do nothing now—hot even arrest the periodical decline which the present law enacts in the rate of duty on foreign sugar ; but , ultimately ! he reserved the , right of hereafter doing whatever he might be" in a position" to do "for the promotion of the objects he had in view . "

    In the matter of corn , the position of Ministers > s very different . Lord P £ rby > avows that he did not wholly object to Sir Robert Peel ' s measures , though he thought they Went too far '; he will not at once proceed to disturb them ; he thinks a countervailing duty on com desirable , but he will not pledge himself even to that ; he will refer the question to ttie country , and will reserve to Wlf the i

    se rght of considering , what to do upon , the expression of public feeing . He will not act even « lie get a nitmericat majority in his favpur , unless ^ manifest feeling be in favour of doing no . r Smell ' s speech was substantially the cbunter-J ! J' Jt is to lie CQlleeted from , this atatemeat , mat Ministers have no thorough confidence in the cause they hAvehi ^ hertdu : phel 4 ; Jhatthey consider 8 ° ™ of Sir % b ertfeeer « mfei ^ ea ftiihavin ^ beeii thlf I , * * - ^ % hAve n 9 sp ^ iflo . intfwWdiitf ; : t «» t jnftt they i ^ te n ^ j to commence ; d cbvlrse ' of , ' general faction in politics and wconomy , if they find [ Town Edition . !

    themselves strong enough ' £ -Qt '; & ) & $ - . ^^ axe- far ironiL ^ eei || tain . . ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ / ' - ' . \/ !;• :. /• O ' i ¦;¦ ¦'' . '¦ ¦ . -... . -. ^ , T ^^ : ' p ^ tiQii--. ' ' 9 fv the different ( parties in the debate was ! sucJt ras . to fui ^^ insight into ti ^ fatuire ^ ]^ bold aiut confident in-personal mapiter ^ lbut conciliatory and deprecatory iti terins . tibrd "Derby spoke with much anipaatioja and dignity , and recalled to bis hearers someof his earlier feats of eloquence . and

    Lord < jb : ey * s ^ coui » ter-apeech was flat feeble in the comparison . Mr . Disraeli was easy , confident , and quite at home on the Treasury bench ; he astonished the ' discreet by continuing' in office much of Vthe free aur ^ nd the repartee that distinguished him in Opposition : ; he convinced the House that it was not so Wonderful for him to be in office , but that it was more evidently , impossible than ever that the whole Cabinet could not stop

    there . Both the two Ministers held out prominently their desire for no hasty disturbance ; asked not to be " interrupted" in proposing the usual measures of finance , the continuance bills , and Chancery reform j asked it , not for themselves , but for their eountry ; and , generally , made professions of candour , frankness , and a willingness to accept a real decision on the part of the nation . Their reactionary intention jfcs well as tendencies , however , is unmistakably apparent .

    Protection they desire , and wi ll restore as much as they may—such is our inference from what they say . Questioned on the subject of National Education in Ireland , Lord Derby admits that he contemplates some unsettlement of that highly successful system- —an enquiry with a view to separating the Protestant and Roman Catholic children in lieu of having mixed schools . In the peroration of his Monday ' s speech , Lord Derby cites the wbUl " Protestant" in a manner that

    implies some appeal to the known religious feelings of his party—a Church and ' , State spirit Ani | Lord Harrowby ( better knoWn as Sandon ) only repeats the avowed sentiments of ro ^ al Ministers , when he says that the real question at issue ia not whether the country will be Protectionist or not , but , whether it shall bo Democratic ox not ; the functions of tlie present Ministry being " to keep out the Pempcrats , " with l < 6 rd John , Russell at their head I .

    Of lord John ' s sh > re in the Monday V debate , it is enough to sa ^ that he follo ^ e ^ up the policy of the Cheeham-place moeting . with painstaking , bnt that members left the-Honse during his (^^ cK' ^ Bip ^ ciaiiy ' ^ eia ] he pjUip ^ ihty stiiti stioB , Mr , Gladstone and Lbr 4 Polmeraton insisted upon

    a fair time for Ministers to take then ? routine measures , but denied their right to originate great measures before they should have established their tenure in office by an appeal to the country . Sir James Graham , quoting from speeches by Lord Derby and Mr . Disraeli , showed that they were bound in honour not to enterj office unless they directly endeavoured to restore Protection . He

    spoke with great power , great effect , and a withering scorn of the new Leader of the Commons , implied principally ^ by what he did not say ; as wheii he expressed his reliance on the honour of Lord Derby—^ -omitting to avovi ? . the same reliance on his colleague . The Manchester Free-Traders were represented by Mr . VilHers ; but they did not take a very prominent place in debate .

    Meanwhile | pnisters have obtained , without opposition , their first vote in supply , the one for the number of men . in the navy , including the " reserve" of 5000 men devised by the late Ministers . For some other movements , a select committee is the modest " first point of the wedge . " Mr . Napier obtained a select committee to inquire into the state of the disturbed part of Armagh , Monaghan , and Lou ^ h , with a view to

    altering the jury laws , trying ribbon cases by special juries , protecting juries from intimidation , and re-enacting the penal laws against the use of signs and passwords . The Manchester and Salford Education Bill—the sectarian version of public " education—wa 3 referred , by motion of Mr . Milner Gibson , with the sanction of Ministers , to a select committee ; Ministers expressing doubts and hesitations precisely as to those parts of the measure which are of more popular tendency ;

    and Lord John naively hoping that the committee thus sanctioned would kjri to a settlement of the vexed question 1 . ' y $ . < Out of doors , Ministers have not been left altogether in peace . Sir John Pakington , an old advocate of transportation in his capacity of chairman at quarter sessions , has been visited by a numerous deputation of gentlemen from the four important colonies of Australia , calling upon him

    to discontinue transportation . . He , spoke fairly and was evidently impressed , though he did cite the petition of the Western Australians for convicts , , an 4 even the exploded project of the * ioreton Pay pen , al settlement , feir John may beat the colonies yet , if they will stand it . . An . jl the rpu ^ e of the Ministerial elections has not been unbroken , ffti' Lor 4 N ^ has ; Veen induceoV to retire from ^ he contest for Kildore , and his opponent , Mr . Cogan , is elected , Ho had

    « . ' ' Contertttf:

    « . ' ' Contertttf :

    Untitled Article

    ~ «» The 6 ne 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 aa one brotherhood , having one great object—the tree development ot our spiritual nature . ' - —• H ' wmfo&ft ' a Cosmo * .

    Untitled Article

    VOL . III . No . 104 . 1 SATURDAY , MARCH 20 , 1852 . [ Pkice Sixpence .

    Untitled Article

    MttfS OF THE WEEK— ~ \ PAGB The Bnrmese War 269 Tte " Sisters of Mercy" and Low PORTFOLIOwvL * r « f Parliament 282 Progress of Association 270 , Church Chivalry 275 The Haythorne Papers 280 History ot l ?« uam « ic . «« A Heartless Poetaster 270 Protection in the Gazette 275 AaSa ^ n ^ PiSoyTn Board English Shfps 270 Tbe False Peace . 276 THE ARTSt ? r ^» bell md the HonVanl A Monk condeinned for burning the Europe in America 276 Paillasse 281 Xord Camp ^ u ana wxe j * oman Bible ..... ' . 271 Louis Bonaparte described by Shak- Albert Smith on Mont Blanc 281 T rtt « &D ^ Paris 267 . TheBelper Murder 271 speare \ 276 White Magio 282 S ^ riSlNote ? 268 Miscellaneous r 271 . Royal Italian Opera ^ 82 ^ T ^^ l £ ^^ Z ' . ZZZ ' : ^ Heal th of Lo ndon durinfe the Week 273 LITERATURE- Turn er ' s Shipwreck 282 The Government and the Bifle CJubs 269 Births , Marriages , and Deaths ...... 273 NIebuhr ' s Life and Letters 277 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSwho American lie-action against PUBLIC AFFAIRS ' Men and Women of France 278 Xoss ^ T . 1 . 0 H . Z .. . ... ^^ .. 269 ^ Derby Interregnum 274 Samuel Bailey ' s Discourses 279 , Markets , Gazettes , Advertisements , TheKaffirWar . ? . 269 Social Befonn in the Army . 274 Books-on our Table 279 &c 282-284

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), March 20, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1927/page/1/