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At present the most important act in reference to tlie relations of foreign powers is tbe publication of statements by the Prussian Minister , Baron Manteniffel , to the Committee of the First Chamber . The position of the Baron is well known : he is regarded as being still liberal , and as laaving several times tendered his resignation to the King rather t ^« S « yiJttmue in jj ^ ajbgunistration of a policy witch li ^ ot hia oiUjlJ ' aj&reis quite inconsistent with the ^| $ ) nstitutionaivJJ !(| pk « ciples that he has always sfjpjlained . The |^ gi ho-wever , has continued to ^ ppl se the T&q 00 if 0 fcfn ; ancl as Prussian cliltoms stm require obecfifence in
such circumstances , the Baron really appears to hare no refuge from a position most painful byifcsr discredit to tis honour , save the classicj reftigeof suicide . At present , . fcyC ' Kpyall conapulsionj He places the Prussian policy on the Tery lowest basis of self-interest . He confesses that the
solimatters much . We believe it will not be possible to restrain the local officers of Cuba from renewing these insults , aad fch ** ^ the aggregate of reparation ' accraing to > . wb& United States will infinitely exceed ibja . sum ^ et down . The day is not far distant vvjien it wilt be easier for Spain to yield up Cubfeithan to pay the accumulated fine ^ on the mismanagement of that ^ ajnd . « . t , mil i 3 % - - \ a . 1 .. ' jrwP ^ ' . _ . . ¦* -. - ' jit * !* i ¦ - ¦* . 138 subl et in thqi ^ o mmons i
^ on tT ^ iSrsJ ^ pght aft « £ , ttfe aencess wa ^ pxterd . The ~ % omm of Coart » ons ,: Tta | ving ac ^ pjfted tbe principles 4 f the Go 4 % ) jj | j ^ jP ^ U ^ jpffjj ^ o Jl&ve gonexinjfc » 4 i ? 6 mmittee , # ht the wniiitf nig % wus occupied in discussing a , motion of Mr . Heyvood ' s for referring the Bill to a Seleci ConHnitfeee . Th& effect of this would have been to delay legislation for another ; year . Mr . Heywood . was followed into the lobby by the extreme section of Torses and the extreme section of Liberals . Mr . Disraeli
finds that the Bill goey rurtfcer * than he expected , * and ^ bfv . f » ll 0 fc « itt ; : ^ nds that ' ij ; does aofe go far enough- The . Kfinisters will Ua attacked on every ppjn ^ ai ^ wSe ^ j Jt ^ , time foe the third reading arrives it will be hacd to recognise the features of the original measure ^ As ^ Parliament re * assembles , the railway interest is injaStfirj $ g ; St * forces ; % n . d . Mr . Stewart , . the secretary of the Kjoxth-Western JElaibcagv calls
uponthg shareho \ ders to put jfchep pressureupon their T § pres € » tatl ^ e 8 in diSfe * ent pasrW of- the eotmteyvia order-, a » . he politely phrases it , to jsecure « esauninatioa" of the . Bill . He . givefcthe ( Ciieto the shareholders ; by : representing fcheOBill as conferring upon the Board of 3 ? racte rights to : interfere : in tk-o inariagexn ^ ut a £ r&tfo-aysv to low toBs ^ to arrange the tinoia of $ he trftiitSj &e . ! The truth is that' the Bill prohibits orailiray comjpanies from so Arranging their * , totte ,. thair timeit&blSeffr andvtheintxa&e as tEr-show favouritism :, fox
pome , while others- are perversely obstructed in ! ; travelling , or transmission of goods . IA oases of jviolbtfem of the new lav , right of appeal to ! | tbe Court of Gkaaicery is given ; and a £ ter a ( decision by the Court , the Railway J 3 oard has / authority ta ghee iedress--& very differeftt thing from the power- falsely aAeribiad in Mrs . Stafcrairttej circular . Therappeai , how « Ter » ia ^ eEiuxSerstottd by £ h « public , aadiewen . by raOway shareholders ; i w ? h © perceive tluftb the auB * algaxn&te 4 railway agitators are trying to prevent ; any Legislative or { Executive control over a . management vdbionis so costly tb the pub&p . atod so dangerous to , railway travellers ' . It xemains to be Been : which
innuence is to prevail ^ that tbe railway directors , o £ that of the GoTOmmont and the publi < 5 . War , so near to us ^ proeesfeds with pKovbkijag . slowness ; but then , whatever oUrfast men may think , itar is ; essentially . &k * w . It takes a . longtime to prepare fou action ^ and longer to bring enemiiea face to . fa . ee in . aach a manner that neither will nor can refuBe to fight . Welliiigt-oii may be said to have bee a years roiBrching frooa Portugal
to Toulouse , and theia . ee to Paris , the goal of hia long campaign . So it is with the armies on the Dannibe . They stand not face to face a , s yet ; we are a till , probably , some time distant from a great battle , but step * have been taken rendering thai result inevitable . At present we have to note two movements—th « abandonment of Trajan ' s wall by the Turks , and their concentration a * Schumla ; and the withdrawal of the Russians from LessGT
Wallachia , probably to shorten their long lint * and bring down additional flanking support to th « centre . We have yet to see the upshot of tbe great movemont across the Danube ; especially as the allies are laastening to the scon © of action . Meanwhile the Turks have delivered two smart blOfwia , ono at Xalafftt , and one at Cliernavoda . The latter must bavo been dealt by the retiring troops of Mustapha Paslia , the licrp of the Dobrudschtt . Possibly , also , Odessa Las been assailed from tho sea . But the naval warfare has been begun by gallant exploits of tlni little Fury off Stobaetopol .
citations of Austria for a more active co-operation with the West have not been fully assented to ^ 'J ^ : l ^^ ^^^ jjil ^ . yi things her ovm welfare , setting aside the injured rights oij Tiirkey ;/ that tHe ~ s 6 Ie piUject is to procure for Ge » g ^ y ;/ i ^^ t ^^^ "l % iS ^ i ^ um ^^^ the calamities of war ; *» di ^ rir Prussia will no > t 5 | m fcaak avowal - ^ a narrow , . and selfisi . policy is accompanied by acts which , induce still
greater suspicion against 1 ' Prussia . It is well k 3 Hvwn that © aroa Sesis , thev Anstrfea Ministei-, h ^ e , J » a 4 gwat OifSioulties in oonelvtdjng ] a . con ^ ^ wti ^ wtfc . ^ iiMPsta for , pttrpoflee » jt ; m « tuai de-^ BSpABft ^ * q eon due * . M ^ w ^^^ gf ^ itte , hie eide tt . rto ^ ifmithite- ^ SQ ^ s iiajnedmteia ^ cnt ^ of the 4 ftiwi appeiur to be very wtkrje jjt ^ k mrwm looking U {* Russian iatemita , e ^ e ^ , biy ^« Mil the . lbputtdi , ^ Gcwmftnvi . : the
s ^ Qt e ^ wple * ^ ro »> Gamtzv Prussian , ^ t ai » t « r at fBtir \» n i * in&tav » cted to : demand ! froju Siog ' ¥ «^ Ema ^ nuel : the' stetemfeitt of nis i »« te ^ e ^ i p ^ itiQ © j ^ wFeiftii ^ c tqtbe jdlies . : ; jy » r fesrwid en . terft « iae (| ; in-fchifl coautry « -tot tite purpose or polioje qrf r Sardinia If any ; dctbUfc owiaii ^ bo ^ BlW it would arise , feom / tke very inxpec-& 4 t auppwt gLvea hlo Sardinia , during the last
oQ » te » t witk . Aufltrift inl&A 8 . OBui King ¥ iofcar Emaajiel ' i <> pveramentOias Johcci ; nxjare oon » istei \ t th » a QU » oviu ; aad thare i « Jio quest ioa . thatjiie ¦ woB , « ontiati « to suataia constilutiomal prjooiples ¦ witfaitbej fuji . support of hiaipeople .. EHedmoat 3 s sn apecimen -oi' the nfttaral alliance for England , ^ ainua ia cne of those allies whict liamper rather tfiriTt jtiiuaiat tMh ' , ; , ,
We » e © that ithe Neapolitan ( ioveimment ia also wakiu& : its inquiries . Its Ambassador has been indteucted to demand explanations from the FaHMaoo ; Government respecting a pkrase ascribed lidtdbe Bishop , of Nanoy ; w-han that prelate married EJvinee Jb . &chim t the elsteat « on of Prince Lucien , t | wifirelote ia reported to have said , " Reflect , my
Br iilce , that one day you may be oalled upon , ta beafcajaroTrn . ' Tnei Foreign Minister , M . Drouyn de Lhuys , has declined ta explaiaj language used byfadigniiary of the church in the performanc * of £ l private religious ceiemony- The French Government ^ therefore , refuses , to soothe the natural H « ap . olftaiu : Jljeara of tho great Muxtatist movement wi » ch is gaining strength in the South of Italy .
Tihe Culmn qoestion is not yet settled at Madrid . Xbft Spanish CroVeniiiuent is understood to have erfpresised its willingness to make reparation , but fco hesitate at the amount demanded by Mr . Soule ~^ aO © , 000 dollars smart money for the outrage inflicted on the Black Warrior . The SpaJiish Government complains that it is too much , and that M . Soulc ' a language is not respectful enough , Sjpaia likes to fa © coereod with a consideration fbr its . antique pritle . But as to the complaint of loo high a , price for tbe indignity offered to an American ship , we do not think tkat it haa mvroh weight * w » r that the result of this yarticiklar oaae
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386 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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PARLIAMENT OF THE WEEK . Both Houses of Parliament re-assembled on Thursday , and at once proceeded to business ; the chief peffornMW&ce being a discussion in the House of Ctemmons ^ n itlWfrspropriety of going into committee an <*» & bift ft > r flie Reform of the University of OjefeflPti jlfoia debate was of a singular character , and exhiljjteia . 'the Liberals , who are dissatisfied with the biH , i » 4 fc & «*; vnth the Tories , who are anxio us for its overthfcwur . t Op . th ^ Bfa ^ stion being put that the House should
neaotv . ei i $ mt into a committee of the whole , Mr . B ( BYWQoife ^ nip ved as an amendment that the bill ¦ Inj . ) l 1 i ! i . 1 Ul > . lltn ' TirfT to '" a . select committee . He coir-, % p | iMrth , at -ft thorough : reform of the system is j ^ l piired / Tb * Mil wou ^ strenethea the clerical element ^ "woiild / act unjusVy a ^ B regards private tutors ; amUdwP not make proper provisions as ieg ^ rds fellowships , now subject to many absurd restrictions-, as that fellovrs shoul 4 not marry , and should enter holy orders ^ whether tifey were fit or unfit .
Mr . Newdegate , entirely opposed to the bill , and not agreeing with Mr . Heywood , came promptly to his support ; and inveighed at length against depriving the university of he ^ , lcee 4 om anrL welft government . The univer&itjiibe defined as a CQrp , 0 « ration ; and contended that It should ^ ai be ni § d { Sed with byi that . Houae ; .. '; . - ;¦ ; ?^ v - . * Mr . Ewar ? , on the contrary , cordiaUyagreedwith a great tporticn of the bi 3 L He le ^ tl ^ debaiSe , J inj ^ A new channel , and raised a 4 iscn # siOiw oa iheexqlv ^ eionc of Dissenters from the univetsitiea , > an eixoloahto lie characterised as unjust- PraeUc ^ aJly / then ^ l ^^ r excluding Dissenters , ignores the' existing state Of
society , and rwns counter to the spirit oF the age-Mr . Horsman made : a long and , able ; ^ p ^« chr elaborately working oat his main positions ^ -raac th& universities axe deficient a » educational institutioja * , ; He described the course of a student at the university —one who had gained honours—^ and iow on obtaining them only two ' paths lay before hiin / one'leading tothe active duties of the "world , the other to a collegiate life . Jf he chose the latter he must , B t ^ i ^ fbr a . f ^ llo ^ rsifip , take , hol y orders , becotae attito 4 twtd having no occasion to study ftirthen , he haa simply to retaiit the knowledge ; he possessed . ; Mib Horeman contrasted -the English , and ; the > Ger ^
man uaiyepities , and pointed out that the ljatter had product all the "great % orjts tn classical &n # bibilieal hteraturej all the ^ grtat euliolare , and ^ reat theologians ^ Tbece i ^ ai ^ Qfttcr ^ r afeaifts * G ^ Emani ^)^ aur universities ^ yejt , th ^ e , w ^ wka , stodentg »»;« ,, ^ oS £ Ipelled to consult , emanate from these' very Gerthan universities ^ w-hcre Christianity i& so much attacked and ihe fouidationa of faith nnderjo » ned . W&havei i ^ hple flofld ? of tbfijiT works , a l ^» utrandpning , revela * , ftipn , and inspiration as it was understood pf . old ^ "while ou * universities produce no men irho cato comfpete with these professors In learning and depth of tresearch . Turning , to the , Wl im « . u : bj « cted 4 t to « e , ver 9 critifiiam- . ; ..,,..
" The preamble of the bill stated tha . t the object « f themeasure was to promote learning and religion ia tbe university . He aaked , which oftba provisions , of the bill < fid ao > promote ) them ? j ^ e l \ ad sho , wn . tUst , un , der . the present system . of stqgnatipn , the . tutors must bVan urilearnel bothr . H « aeked wliat provision of the bill remedied that tfefec *? He badaJioW Q them that their professor * were comp < ur # tur « hr insignificant and traemployed . What provision of the bill remedied that defect ? He had shown , too , that We had ixiy clttsatoal learning and no theological teaching worth mentioning . What provision of f ; h « bill remedied that defecj ? ' The bill contained , the material of a very excellent measure ; but there vras not a right connexion ; hetween its principles and its provisions , "tfh * biH provided that the Hebdomadal Council should bflelected mainly by the tutora ; but tbe tutorial . el& > ment had been the bane of the . unryersity .
"It was a fact that oar universities liad' declined , anS ono cause of that decline was to be found in . tho inoreasod impot « . tauce of the colleges as distinct from t ] io univonsiU—in tbe growth and monopoly of fchq colleges , ea < jh of which lad become a small preserve on which no poaching was a . How « d . Tho college toucher had superseded the university professar , and , instead of tbe teacher's mind being fixed upon oiie subject in which be might become eminent , he had to lecture upoa many , of which his knowledge must ; naceasarily ba superficial . Hence the university had beepme subordinate to the colleges , and tho colleges bad dwindled down Ip sehoojs . They were Mats of teaching , not seats of learning , iatrastei with the one task of prepuring men for their deftreQ , and at * more affecting the public mind of Europe than the sclools of
Rum or Westminster , of which they were reproductions on a larger seal * . It had been said that ic would bo iiioposEiblfr to alter that , because tho colleges had statutes of their own ; but it had l ) cen shown that there was no difficulty in relaxing those titatufcos , when roUixation was convenient to the colleges themselves . Ho denied that tho colleges had e-ver been intended bj their founders to be independent , and contended that they had been established with tho view of beine subordinate and subsidiary , Their founders hud never nitonctodt them to doatroy tho parent institution , and , if it atiould bo fonnd that practically they defeated the end for which they had been founded , it was obviously tlie duty of Parliament to step in ta restore theun to a atate olfcouforiniLy wiab- cona ^ mon sen » e . ' In his peroration Mr . Ilorsman enlarged on tho danger of Christianity .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 29, 1854, page 386, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2036/page/2/
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