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Parliament is reconstituted , so far as the general election can reconstitute it ; but it is still incomplete . Four seats are left vacant , by decrees against St . Albans and Sudbury ; and a vacancy for Oldham has been occasioned by the death of Mr . Duncuft since his re-election . The several parties are still engaged in compiling their losses and gains $ but without arriving at any definite or trustworthy conclusion . At a rough guess , it may be said that the united Whigs and Radicals will be about balanced by the united Protectionists and
Peelites ; but it is evident that such unions cannot be counted on . The probability is , that all strong conclusions will be prevented , at least on first starting ; and it is evident that any of the three parties might combine to veto the special conclusions of the fourth . The mediocrity which prevails will also tend to discountenance positive conclusions . Thus we may look for a dull session , until the very confusion of parties shall have emboldened some and exasperated all ; and then the struggles for place will give some interest to the
scene . Rumours are rife ; the favourite being one of a coalition between Russell , Graham , and Aberdeen — " with Cobden , of course ? " cries the Freetrader . Possibly . The four allies would cause some trouble both to Ministers and to a really Liberal opposition , if events do not arouse a more national spirit . Already , however , the number of politician * who arc looking out for a national , in contradistinction to a party Minister , is rapidly increasing .
The after-dinner speeches of the elections have been scanned for further lights ; but without result . Mr . Ueresford has half recanted his " rabble" denunciations , but too late to retrieve his character ; and his declarations as to the necessity of securing " justice" to the agriculturist , *> aly confirm us in the belief that the
Government generally i » not in Mr . Disrneli ' . s confidence . ?*> ir John Tyrell says that justice is to he wrung Aom " the late rulers of the country ; " Mr . Heresford says that it is to consist of compensation to the farmer , " the sum" of whose losses by i ' Yee-trade is to be " reimbursed ; " Mr . Dismeii having announced that he does not rely on compensation .
But Mr . Bercsford's great work is still the tomp () aitu ) nof thattnysteriou 3 lcttcr , » igncd"W . lJ . " [ Town Edition . !
which took Mr . Frail to " Derby , and furnished Sir James Graham with so humourous a subject . Mr . Beresford promises to seek and give explanations in the House of Commons ; but meanwhile , though denying any case of " bribery / ' he does not deny the note . On the whole , Mr . Beresford has been signally successful in damaging the Government to which he belongs ; but all his discreditable associations cannot supersede the crucial test which the public is now awaiting—the value of Mr . Disraeli ' s financial measures .
Among political prognostics however , two are furnished by Sir James Graham—jocose as his speech was in its general character . He declared that the events of the election had removed many of his fears as to the spread of democracy ; as well they may . If we contrast the choice of the nonelectors with that of the electors , we shall not
account the possessors of the franchise as the best qualified to exercise it . Or if we contrast the conduct of people ' men , like William Newton , with that of high Tories , like William Beresford , we shall not be impressed with the superior dignity of the elected . Sir James ' s conclusion is so natural that he might very well have attained to it some time back ; but better late thau
never . n ;» other declaration is conveyed in the shape of a warning , that the demand for the ballot will become universal : we have already stated the progress which that subject has made in the agricultural counties . Probably Sir James may now be reckoned among the supporters of the ballot . The vacancy at Oldham may furnish an opportunity to a popular constituency , of retrieving the errors of the late election , to the extent at least of one scut . The electors ought not twice to miss the opportunity of sending a people ' s man to the House of Commons . There can be no doubt that
candidates of good calibre will come forward ; but we would urge the electors to select the best . We want fresh men in the House of Commons , who can speak out for the industrious classes , not indirectly or on rare occasions and bookish reforms , but always , on all subjects , and especially on those which the working classes themselves have most at heart . The conduct of Oldham will be watched with great , interest . hi Church matters , too , remarkable demonstrations have just been made . By the method of electing proctors at a diocesan synod of Oxford , to serve in convocation , Bishop Wilberforce 1 ms tukeu some obvious atcpa towards reviving active
proceedings in convocation , and so making the Church of England once more a self-governing body . At the same time , in the Irish capital , Archbishop Whately explains to the Protestant clergy of his province , how the anti-papal movement was a quackish antidote against an imaginary aggression , leaving untouched the real danger—the backsliding of men within the Church to Rome . Men flinch from realities , otherwise Dr . Whately ' s broad , logical avowal of the truth would be of immense practical service to the Church . The new Empire is looming large in France . Old Marshal Excelmans is snatched away by a
cruel accident . It is always sad to see a man who has survived so many glorions dangers killed at last on the common road by a fall from his horse : but he has departed opportunely : having fought by the side of the first Emperor , he is not spared to dance attendance on a second . General Gourgaud died under a cloud of something like disfavour : he was suspected of fidelity to the
House of Orleans . Last week we had a p eaceful passage of the Rhine : this week we have the text of a very serious treaty signed by the three great Powers , emphatically discountenancing the imperial designs of the Adventurer : tolerating , perhaps , an elective Emperor , but only on sharply defined conditions : absolutely refusing to acknowledge , under threat of " ulterior measures , " hereditary
interference with the " divine right" of M . le Cointe de Chambord . To this document nothing of solemnity is wanting : not even the Trinity : and the nations may fairly take a leaf out of the book of these three Kings , who bend all minor differences to the great common principle of dynastic safety . The " divine right" dormant is not dead . It is resident in partibus . that is all . Louis Napoleon will at least be monumental : great public works are the one enduring legacy of despotism . Meanwhile the Army is " straining in the slips , " caressed and excited by souvenirs , and befooled by triumphal progresses from a railwaj - -
station to St . Cloud . Lord Malmesbury begins to be felt in all parts of Europe . Did we not say that the British subject was to be the cockshy of Europe ; ' f This week we have to record a British Consul insulted hy an unmannerly hitter of the Papal Governor at Ancona : a British Protestant missionary summarily deprived of his school and his pupils , driven helpless into the street , in spite of solemn treaties , at Naples : two British subjects bustuuuloed in Turkey .
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VOL . III . No . 123 . ] SATURDAY , JULY 81 , 1852 . [ Price Sixpence .
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«< The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the ! Idea of ^ mamty-the ^ noble / favour to throw down all the barriira erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting ^ aside ™ e S ^ mctions ° ^ , ^ ngio Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object-the free development or oui epmtu * nature . "—Hwmholdt ' s Cosmos ,
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Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1945/page/1/
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