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THE week , whieli . 'was expected to begin with the first attempt at party contest in both Houses , has proved > in the main , very quiet . The party contest broke down . It was attempted by Mr . Disraeli in the one House , and by Lord Clanricarde in the other . The sometime Postmaster-general of the Whigs , to "wh ^ m rum our lately assigned the onice of Irish viceroy under the present Government , was strangely associated with the leader of th $ late Government in the anti-ministerial administration . Both professed to take Sir Charles Wood to task for the words
which he had uttered to his constituents at Halifax , when he described the French press as " gagged , " and criticised the Elect of December the 2 nd . Sir Charles , who was kept away from bis place by lumbago , had authorized Lord Aherdeen in the one House , and Lord John Russell in the other , to disclaim every intention to use offensive expressions towards the Emperor of the French ; and there the debate dropped , much to the disappointment of some and to the relief of others . There had been a general feeling amongst the Parliamentary Liberals that Sir Charles Wood
had gone too far ; and the gentlemen on the Opposition benches hoped for a damaging discussion . The damage , however , lias befallen their own side .- There is a feeling now that the demonstration was an idle one . People recalled Lord Malmesbury ' 8 fulsome eulogy of the Emperor ; and although Sir Charles Wood may be compelled by official etiquette to disclaim the popular interpretation of his words , there is no doubt that the public at large as heartily agrees with him , as it dissented from Lord Malmcsbury . The leader of the late Government has revived the
unpopular impression against his colleague , and the ex-Postmaster General has made the public associate him with certain musty fables about " sour grapes . " Last night , Mr . Disraeli tried again . He is bent on injuring himself , his reputation , and his country . Amplifying his mischievous allusions to
the free criticism of Sir Charles Wood , he also dragged in Sir James Graham , who had spoken of Louis Napoleon as trampling on the liberties of forty millions of people . So he did ; and is a leading English statesman to hold his tongue about ho great and un-English an historical fact ? Surely not . In his spirited reply , Sir Jamea Graham showed at least that he will not . Mr . Dinroeli seems to confound international " amity "
with moral approval , and to suppose that we must applaud the acts of every foreign power with whom we are in alliance . God forbid ! Nor is our Government yet so degenerate . Sir James Graham ' s explanation of the navy estimates shows that he is at all events working in the right direction—saving useless outlay , getting more work for a given sum of money , and strengthening our sea service . We doubt whether enough is done ; but the chief thing after all is the existence of the right spirit .
In the absence of party excitement , the Law Reforms have been a prominent subject . Lord Cranworth has been voluminous in stating the necessity for jLaw Reform ; the progress hitherto made ; the things that he is not prepared to do ; and those that he will undertake . His resume is encouraging rather as a history of what may be done by energetic men , than as a pledge on his own part ; for he touches upon Law Reform more as an ambitious but modest amateur
than as one qualified for the work . He adds another to the many instances which teach us that ability in one species of career does not necessarily imply faculties of a different order ; an excellent judge may be an indifferent legislator . Lord Cranworth ' s principal promise is , that he will codify the forty quarto volumes of the Statutes at Large ; which Lord St . Leonards , who is perhaps wedded to his own more workmanlike . ideas on the subject , pronounces to be impossible within a generation .
Mr . Henry DrummoniVs Bill to facilitate the transfer of land by instituting a registration which shall in itself convey a preliminary title , belongs to the series of Law Reforms , in which so many members of both Houses , legal and lay , now take a prominent , if not a very useful , part . The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies , with a protest levelled at him from the other House by the Bishop of Exeter , has introduced his bill empowering the Legislature of Canada to dispose of the Clergy Reserve Fund according to
its own discretion . We have already pointed out the important concession which this measure involves , to the principle of Self-Government for the Colonies—a principle which was cheered with a marked emphasis when Mr . Peel touched upon it-He is opposed by Sir Hobert Inglis ; and Dr . Philpotts is awaiting the hill in the House of Lords in the mood of a house-dog who sees a auspicious stranger approaching , But there can be little doubt that the present Government is able to carry any measure upon which its own members can agree . The same principle of Local Self-Govern *
ment is not sufficiently impressive upoa the administrators of the Poor Law . But they are improving . A deputation from several unions has waited upon Mr . Baines , to call upon him for the total cancelling of the Prohibitory Order issued in August last , and amended in December by Sir John Trollope . He promises to consider that point j but he has made a more important promise , in the assurance that , if any future order on the subject should be contemplated , a copy of that order shall be sent to all Poor-Law
Guardians , twenty-one days before its issue ; giving to them an opportunity for any preventive , or at least anticipatory , suggestions . We have witnessed another fitful session and dispersion of Convocation this week . Both Houses assembled and carried up to the Queen the address agreed to in November . Her Majesty held a special Court , and received them in the Throne-room of Buckingham Palace ,
surrounded by her Ministers . The formal ceremony lfet nothing by its pre-announcement , and the dignified manner of the whole proceeding will make a deep impression . For the rest there is little to be said . The sitting of the Upper House will tell on the country . In the first place , many things were done % in the second , they were done in the best spirit . The report of one committee was received , and another committee , spite of the opposition of the Archbishop , was appointed . Steadiness and moderation characterized the episcopal session . We may here remark , Dr . Sumner does not appear to have acquired any higher conception of hia duties , or any more relish for the post he fills . He was as timid and temporizing as ever . Certainly , not the least proof of the perfection to which the present system of political Church
government has been carried is the appearance of a man like Dr . Sumner as President of the Legislature of the Church . As to the Lower House , they did nothing , but wasted their time in a . dispute about their powers . The Archbishop h * d out-generaled them , and left them nothing to do . Certainly , if Convocation gets into working gear , it will be when it is reformed .
The Emperor Napoleon III . has made to his Senators and Deputies , on re-opening the Session of his pageant Parliament , a speech of insidious pacification ^ " L'Empire e ' est la paix" is the cant of it all ; with a phrase or two of stale jargon , about the suffrage of the people , and the superiority of his own rule to mere vulgar freedom . " Liberty , " says Napoleon III ., glancing at the Anglo-mania of Constitutionalist ^ "has never
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VOL . IV . No . 152 . 1 SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 1853 . [ Price Sixpence .
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NEWS OF THE WEEK— paob Art District Schools 180 Health of London during the Week 182 LITERATUREThe Week in Parent 170 £ ££ ?— £ pu ^' ^^ fs- ^ ^ ^^ SSiZSZZ' ™ 2 i : SSr SI wr ^ f tre vicVona" ::::::::::::::::: »> "X'SnTSs i » ******«*» *» Continental Notes 177 SfS ^ -uk" JJf lu ° * M ™ f 1 ^ Insurrection 183 Macbeth : and how the Keans Per-Xossuth and the Milan Revolt 178 f * * Se ff "V"Z "" l'Z VV The TrU 6 Eedem P tlon for BetW- formed it 189 2 ™* ¦• £ HI ^ r ^ . ^^ . ^^ 181 jS ^^ y ^^ o ^ ZZ " *« « ™ - - * - 19 ° inXTFe ^ Eea ^ to 8 ^ - ^ Napoleon ' , Will 181 TlJLnd and Sea Militia 185 <™> MERCIAL AFFAIRSford House .. . 178 The Feelings of Poverty 181 OPEN COUNCIL— City Intelligence , Market ., Adver- ^ Metropolitan Wants and Grievances 179 Miscellaneous 181 The Arms of Scotland 185 taaementa , &c . « H > -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 eagggJJJ * to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside , the ^ f ^ tions of * JgggJ | Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object-the free development oi our spiritual nature . "—Mumboldt'a Cosmoa .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1974/page/1/
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