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    rpHE event which has filled the public eye , in JL London at least , has been the burial of Wellington , which passed off without any contretemps . All the metropolis , and a large contingent from the provinces , assisted at the ceremony ; and an enormous mass of human beings was collected on the long line of the procession . The arrangements of the police , however , were so complete , that order was maintained in every pai * t ; and the somewhat hazardous experimentof drawingtogether so vast a host was attended by few mishaps , and those not arising from any fault in the public arrangements . It is probable that the death of the two

    women on Saturday , by showing the fatal effect of ineffectual precautions , contrihuted to that result . The facility , however , with which such great numbers were controlled , will serve as a precedent for some time to come ; and amongst the many reasons for remembering the burial of Wellington , will be the good order of the day . The chief proceedings in Parliament have related to the funeral . With an eulogium on the Duke , Mr . Disraeli moved a supply to the Crown , to defra y the expenses ; and although Mr . Hume asked

    for an estimate , the supply was furnished without going through that desirable form . All parties cons pired to treat the funereal arrangements as matters of course ; and Mr . Disraeli ' s eulogium was felt to be somewhat in the nature of surplusage , fliis feeling arose even before the Globe had detected in the very heart of Mr . Disraeli ' s eulogium , a passage borrowed , almost sentence for sentence , irorn Thiers ' s eulogium on a French Marshal ; a discover y which has made no small . sensation in the political world .

    Alter considerable delay , and repeated demands horn the leader of the House of Commons , the terms of the motion which Mr . Villiers is to move 011 tue 22 nd inst , have been announced . The motion will be a paraphrase of the passage in Ie Itoyal Speech relating to Frce-tnide ; only "" stead of putting the success of Free-trade hypo" » eti idanee with that principle ; The excellent eon" ruction of this motion justifies the long delibera-! ° to which it has been subjected : it stoutly in" ! tH ll P « w the meritii of Free-trade , while it leaves 10 ln « nts of the Ministry untouched ; it strips the [ Town Edition . ]

    Free-trade admission of the Speech of its conditional "if , " but does not call upon Ministers to forego their own official existence with the abandonment of Protection . Mr . Brotherton has renewed his motion to adjourn the sitting of Parliament at midnight whatever may be the business on hand ; with his usual want of success . Everybody admits that it would be desirable to do what he desires , but few admit the possibility . His arguments are uncontrovertible ; but so are the arguments on the other side . It would be only proper to desist from making laws or passing money after midnight ; but if that were done , Parliament could not get through its work . The practical inference is , that Parliament has too much to do , and thus midnight legislation is traced , after all , to the practice which makes Parliament undertake the immense mass of local business . If Mr . Brotherton desires to render his motion possible , he ought previously to carry a motion for relieving Parliament of that local business ; transferring parish or borough affairs to local tribunals , and reserving to Parliament only the control over the practice and principles of the local tribunals . Lord Chancellor St . Leonard ' s has explained to the House of Lords a very comprehensive measure for working up reforms in Chancery . They principally affect the technical machinery ; but they will save both time and expense . Kxperienee has now proved that the Houses of Convocation can sit , vote , and do business without rushing into mad confusion , or afFording any other spectacle than that of certain reverend gentlemen deliberating quietly on ecclesiastical matters . The short session has proved what we always thought , that the Act of Submission does not interdict Convocation from transacting business without the royal licence , providing it abstain from making canons . By carrying out a system of party tactics , at once judicious and high principled , tiie High Church party secured the golden opportunity of showing that this can be done . That they have stopped short in the work , and not insisted on all the advantages of their position , augurs great foresight and prudence in the lenders . Hut we believe nothing has been left undone which could secure the ; position they have fought for and won ; and no incident in the deliberations at Westminster can be construed into anything like a display of acrimonious feeling or sacerdotal arrogance . Convocation has now a

    vantage ground ; the first step has been taken ; the future has been initiated ; and it remains to be seen what that future will unfold . What share the Minister may have had in this , what the Primate , what the inevitable leaven of principles so long set working in the Church—would form a curious and instructive inquiry . Be that as it mav , the time has gone by when the Archbishop could safely interdict discussion , in either House , by a coup d'tiat , like that of last February . Oxford has beaten Lambeth ; and Exeter lias yet to play his part .

    In external affairs the grand event is the election of Franklin Pierce , as President of the United States . This we had already foreseen , as well as the decided majority by which it amis effected . It is some satisfaction to notice that bis return is welcomed by English writers who had been less sanguine , but who foresee in his Free-trade principles , in his mastery of politics , bis conciliatory manners , his energy and firmness , the guarantees of a great future for his country , and a co-operation between that country and England mutually himitfic . in ] .

    In Buenos Ayrcs , Urquizii , the dictator of a bloodless and pacific coup d ' etat , has again been ousted from the Presidency . The old Parliamentary party took advantage of his temporary absence , reinstated itself , and when the mail came away was in possession—for how long , who can say ? We forbear to perplex our readers with the complications of Argentine politics . At the Cape of ( Jood Hope we find trade prosperous , ( General Catheart going on at the Kafirs , and the colonists menacingly insisting on their long-delayed constitution . In Australia , one anecdote ; illustrates the continued abundance of gold . A digger going to pay for bis licence , finds himself short of half-an -ounce of gold : " Here , old fellow , " cries another labouring man , holding out his own bag , " take some of this . " On the Continent of Europe also we have only to report progress . Louis Bonaparte ; has startled friends and foes by a coup dt Monitcur . The

    declaration for the Empire , by the Senate , has stirred the smouldering embers of the Revolution , imi < 1 has even been challenged by a faint , weak , piping treble of a protest , from an old-world gentleman at -Frohsdoif . The republican proclamations , embittered and inflamed by exile and proscription , by the contrast of the Republic stifled in ita large-hearted clemency , and the reaction

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    VOL . III . No . 139 . ] SATUKDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1852 . [ Pkice Sixpence .

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    NEWS OF THE WEEK— Great Floods 1110 The Church ' s Parliament 1113 PORTFOLIO—_ . v * l Inquest on the Women Crushed to The Cape Colony again Mutinies ... 1113 Letters of a Vagabond 1119 Parliament of the Week XW Death at Chelsea Hospital 1110 Curiosities of Literature—Plagiar- Passages from a Boy ' s Epic 1121 Proceedings in the Houses of Con- Miscellaneous 1110 ism . ( By Disraeli the Younger . ) 1114 h vocation 1103 Healthof London during the Week 1110 Disraeli—Claudian—Stilicho 1115 The State Funeral—Burial of Wei- Births , Marriages , and Deaths 1111 THE ARTSlington 1104 OPEN COUNCIL— Vivian Not at the Funeral 1122 S ^ E £ tai £ S ££ " ™ postscript uu -B-a-kOta-wi . a-taa m . 5 £ SSS «; -i-: "" S :. w : » TrBu = i ^ .::::::::: "S ™ bl , c aF ™ rs- l , TEra ™ e- . » °° * 1123 National Defence 1108 The Funeral 1112 Butler ' s Analogy versus Modern COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS Progress of Association 1108 Extension of the Militia and Volun- Unbelief 1117 Arctic Expeditions 1109 teer Force 1112 Eevelations of Siberia 1118 Markets , Advertisements , &c . 1123-11-1

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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 . "—Humholdt ' a Cosmos .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1961/page/1/