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A POLITICAL AKTD LITEEABY EEVIEW.
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A Political Aktd Liteeaby Eeview.
A POLITICAL AKTD LITEEABY EEVIEW .
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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 tlxrow 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 . —Humboldts Cosmos . ¦ r ¦
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before the law , with the right to hold property , to fill offices , and to serve in the army , for all the subjects of the Porte - Measures' foi an efficient police , and for developing the resources of Turkey are to follow . If these measures be fairly carried owt tliey will be the finest fruits of the war , and will clinch the material guaran tees for external safety , by internal improvement . * The Parliament has not recovered from the
parahenceforward ~ as a general of divisioa "dommaading an army in blue uniform fortne whole : of tlve metropolis . -The next branch refers to tlie boroughs : they are included in the general bill for the provinces . Sir George does ^ not ^ ia ^ ce the jurisdiction from the watch committees' who now appoint the chief constable , arid exercise a right of approval on his appointment of the
constables ; but Sir George extends to boroughs fthe right of the Secretary of State to prescribe rules for the government , pay , and clothing of the constables . Of course this involves a very considerable amount of authority exercised by the Secretary of State . Like their brethren of the counties , the borough constables arc henceforward to be prohibited from voting at elections .
The provisions with respect to the county police differ both in motive and scope , though there is one motive over-riding all . The County Constabulary Act has been carried out by several counties— -twenty-four—and by parts of seven othercounties . The remaining portion of England and Wales has refused to accept the act , mainly on . account of the expense . The consequence is a great want of uniformity in the watch and ward of the whole kingdom . Sir George now substitutes for the permissive effect of the County
Constabulary Act a compulsory act—counties must adopt the constabulary . This compulsion is accompanied by a permissive aid . The Secretary of State will have the discretion of contributing towards the fund for payment of the police not more than one-fourth . He will , according to Sir George's explanation , be guided in the amount by his approval of the system which the county adopts , nnd he will withhold it altogether iff he is not satisfied with the number and efficiency of the constabulary . The bills also authorise him to remove the
constables , on emergency , from one part of the country to another . The whole effect of these measures , therefore , ia to make tine different forccsa the metropolitan , borough , and county , much more rcaomhltf ^ SiSKrT ^ V ,..., other , and to carry nn uniformity of int ^ eittW ^^ TM ^ A ) c £ the pixrt of the Secretary of State ovvgE ^ taMaS ^^ y ^ r - < " ( ill li TWWJi'Jr Hill ! " *' of the three forces . Ireland alreadyggp ^^ e ^^ i | jj || j c /_ vevy efficient constabulary . A separatftJ ^ SfeJ uQa ^^ nt ^ } "C ^^ Tj ^^ Ai ^ wi ^ K " $ q ^^ rJp ^ j ^ ^' JgggPS
TjlORoue week , at least , speculations in regard JL to the Congress at Paris may be suspended . Before our next publication , probably , the plenipotentiaries will have assembled , and by that time we may have some foretaste of the instructions that they Ixave received , and of the tone that the deliberations are likely to take . If there is , any reality in the submission of Russia , if the whole proceedings are not to be a drama for the
amusement of tlhe world—a gigantic joke that would recoil upon its author—the deliberations of the Conference will form a great public act above all precedent . The subjects to be debated are not less important than those discussed at the Vienna Conference ; they have assumed a much more urgent form , the consequences involved are much vaster and more imminent , and the conduct of the Plenipotentiaries will be at least as much under the surveillance and control of the
press in this country . There may be some attempt at keeping doors closed , especially if there should be any tendency to dispute amongst the members of the conclave ; but there are too many persons that have some kind of access , too many interested in obtaining intelligence , for U 3 to be shut off from a fair lmowledge of what is passing ; and
therefore , by the end of next week or the commencement of the following , we shall be acquiring some insight into the destinies of the ensuing" uunmer —into the solution of the question whether it is to be war . If war , whether it is to be a conflict in which we are to go with France or without her . If it ia -to be peace , whether it ia to be an . honest peace or a war disguised ,
One important result seems likely to get the start of the Conference . The Turkish R ^ yaha arc to bo emancipated—so will the Powers of Austria , France , England through their representatives at Constantinople , and the Sultan accords , the Grand Vizier imi sting in the work . As the lVuit of Conferences to develope the fourth point , a sclieme lma been agreed upon and presented for the approval of the Grand Council , comprising equality
mount influence of the great international question . Ministers still have it in their -power to set aside political subjects , and to keep party in abey ^ - ance . Faction feels that any interruption to the official course would now be regarded as something like treachery , and it remains silent . Ministers seize the opportunity to fill up the time with unpolitical questions and measures , the merit of which cannot be denied .
The police reform is a real and serious improvement , yet it should be jealously watched . Although there are two bills , the legislation of Sir George Grey refers to the whole of the country ; and if divided at all , it might be divided into three or four classes of measures . The fourth class , indeed , is quite unimportant . When the County Constabulary Act was passed , it was received with great jealousy ; it was then , as it has been since , resisted by several parts of the country . It
was , nevertheless , necessary to provide police for those ports ; and the Watching and Lighting Act , in some degree continued from previous enactments , authorised a certain class of towns unincorporated , many of them small in size , to provide for theh * own lighting and watching . These towns have scarcely a distinctive boundary on the municipal map , and , under the new legislation , they will be lost in the counties by which they are
surrounded . These , therefore , we may dismiss . The three branches of the legislation relate to the police of the metropolis , of the borouglis , and of the counties . The whole metropolis , the City cxcepted , will form one district under a single commissioner , with two assistant commissioners . This will concentrate the authority , and , without an addition to the expense , it will enable Government to give higher pay and station to the chief eommdasionor . He may be regarded
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VOL . VII . No . 307 . ] SATURDAY , FEBEUARY 9 , 1856 . ' ^^<^ {^^!!^ .: ^ SS ^'
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK— page Our Civilisation . —A Family Mur- No " Order !'—No Merit 132 The Maeaulay Controversy 138 , der ? W / -I -. i ; m Training for Soldiers 132 The Rise and Progress of Russia .. 139 1 Imperial Parliament 122 £ aval and Military News 12 S How to Get Rid of a Wife 133 Iiamartine's Celebrated Characters 139 The War 124 Shipwrecks J 29 3 iiss Greaves ' s Case 134 History of Germau Protestantism .. 140 War Miscellanea 184 9-Z 1 ?^ ' ^ ' VAf ^ VhL ' v' ^ ' ^ \ ll The J . aw of Partne rship 134 Albert Smith on English Hotels .... 140 The TV »» f > fl 121 file Komance of " The 1 imes" .... 129 -r ., t- Ar % -f ~ , The KtDOrfc ' * orsir ' joan ' MoiN- * eiU Miscellaneous < 129 OPEN COUNCIL- THE ARTS—' Sd < 3 ol 2 Ed TiSSofc „ .... ; :.... 125 Postscript 130 The Laws of Property as they relate ^ The Holly Tree Ian" at the Public Meetings 125 PIim irv ACC a , <; to Women ....... 135 AdelP 3 u . i 4 o rreland 125 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— ' ¦ iti- i * at , n % « r Births , Marriages , and Deaths .... ui The Orient , 125 The G erman Confederation and the LITERATURE— rnMMFDMAl ACCAioc Official Correspondence 126 War 131 Summary 136 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSContinental Notes 126 sir John McSTeill ' s Report 131 Sandwith ' s Siege of liars 136 . City ¦ Intelligence , Markets , Ad-. ¦ vertisements , &c . ...... .. i 4 i
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2127/page/1/
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