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      flTHE course of events in Downing-street and the X Parliament has been the natural sequel to the American despatches of last -week . We have already described in general terms the nature of these papers , and the reader -will find that our description was ' exact . Mr . Mabct announces on behalf of his Government that it is satisfied

      with the explanations of our Ministers touching the enlistment , but that it has additional proofs of Mr . Cramptots ' s personal activity in the unlawful collection of recruits , and that his continued presence in Washington was impracticable ; nnd , in fact , he has been sent home . Another despatch responded to that offer of submitting the Central American question to arbitration , which is said to have orisinated with our

      Government . Mr . Marct does not think it necessary to render England and America parties in a litigation of which a foreign Power shall be the judge , but he proposes to refer the particular points , auch as the rightful ownership of Ruatan , the true limits of Belise , and the extent of the Mosquito rights , to persons—probably intellectual and scientific men—who would be competent to decide on such questions . We have not the rejoinder of Ministers on this proposal , but it seems too sensible for acceptance according to official routine .

      When we went to press last week there was the utmost doubt as to the manner in which they would reply to the dismissal of Mr . Okampton . The choice lay before them of self-destruction , by retaliating with the dismissal of Mr . Dallas , provoking a rupture with America , and calling forth an indignant burst of protest and resistance in $ hJ 8 country , or of submitting to the course which their obstinacy had forced upon America . The y submitted . Lord Jons Russhll had plainly enough intimated to them , that if they did not

      submit , they would have so much of the public as he could lead ; besidos , of course , "her Majesty ' s Opposition , " the manufacturing interest , the Peace latereat , the commercial interest , and , wo may » dd , the great bulk of tho people , who would re-( Jpird a war with America as a diversion in favour or European despotism . We have repeatedly exposed thui tendency of tho official policy , and We ore delighted to find that the question is now distinctly understood by loading mon in America , ¦ who neithor ascribo to the Kngliah people the miaconduct of our Government , nor are prepared to

      assist in getting up a diversion which may serve despotic intrigues in the South of Europe . So far , then , the immediate danger has passed for the day : the prospect we have discussed in a separate paper . By the Himalayah we learn that Mr . Buchanan had been nominated in the Democratic Convention for the Presidency . There were several

      candidates ; but it was reckoned that if he were nominated , the Democratic party would remain undivided , its majority at the final election would be unbroken , and the candidate would be sure of being placed in the Presidential chair . What is more , Mr . Bdchanas exactly fits the actual position of the Union at the present day . In his conduct of the Lee-ation in London he showed that he

      could be firm and independent ; whilst it is notorious that I 13 entertains no unfriendly feelings towards this country . He has a practical knowledge of business matters , and sees tlio criine and folly of permitting the two nations to be led into mutual suicide by their official managers . He has been a vindicator of Northern opinions and Northern policy within the Union , but he ha 3 been no Abolitionist , no Fusionist . He has respected the independence of the Southern States ; he has respected , we may add , the difficulties inevitably thrown upon them by tho existence of a slavery which they did not create . He has resided at

      European courts ; he has lived in the midst of the commercial centres of Europe and America ; he is personally acquainted with the distinguished men of both continents . He is a strong , practical , far-seeing man , who takes an enlarged view of political subjects , but is not led away by unapplied theories . If he is President , ' he will not consent to be governed by his subordinates ; ho will hold himself responsible to tho whole republic , and will act by the lights of intelligence , conscience , and experience . Our Government will find him no p liant negotiator , but it will find him always ready to defer to the dictates of justice and generosity .

      threaten to divide the Union by civil war ! It is quite impossible that these men of tb © South can actually succeed against the majority of the Union ; but they may succeed in giving a holiday for despotism , which it will know how to use against the progress of mankind . Lord Palmebston has assured the House of

      Commons that the naval force sent to the waters of Central America is under no instructions which will lead to hostilities . But a naval force has been sent , and our navy is kept up to a high strength , while already plans are under discussion for reducing the army which we can want ? in Europe aloue .

      The complement of the Sardinian Loan has been duly forwarded in Parliament , but what steps have been taken to support Italy against those Austrian aggressions which have been as bad , and have endured much longer than the Russian aggressions upon Turkey ? If the Government at Constantinople merited our support , how much more the Government at Turin . Over these questions all is darkness . We only know that rigours continue in Milan , Rome , and Naples , and that Florence becomes daily more Austrian .

      While the waters of the Kh 6 ne are falling , the firewbrks rise to celebrate the baptism of " the Son of France . " The Prince is elevated above his father ' s head to receive the homage of the people , while the "Third" INAroLEON is negotiating to bi-ing homo the exiled remains of the unhappy Duke of " Reiciistadt . " The proceedings in our Parliament have not advanced much tho business of the session . In

      some respects there has been a tendency to undo work done . The reduction of the army is talked of , but talked of in a manner which implies a compromise between a mere retu l to the status quo ante bcllum and a little " reform . " Wo expect that if our army should not bo called upon for service in a comparatively l ) rief period , it will return to the etatc that it presented three years ago , with a slight improvement in deference to tho demand for bettor education , examinations ,

      If we blame Mr . Ciumftox and tho British Government for creating a confusion , and in that confusion a diversion from duties which we owe to the Liberal cause in Europe , how much more must wo condemn those madmen who , imitating the bigotry of the Abolitionists in times past , positively identify tho defence of shivery with tho defence of republicanism , invade States to enforce their views with tho bowio-knifo nnd revolver , assail individual statesmen with violonco for tho expression of opinion , and uctually

      and so forth . Mr . Walpolb has stolen a mm yk upon Ministers and upon the Liberal portjQj ^ S ^ V ^*^ ^' evening he moved a resolution ^^^ & 0 jSi ) $ g \« ti extension of tho aid granted ^ twfl ^ mtoafcjwstijlii of schools in Ireland to cer ^ ia | i ^ i ^^ i « fiH | L Ofc special object being to oxtdnp sJ ^ @k £ hMUS ^ the Church Education So ^ yi'm ^ mfmO ^ ;; wMr /' i * ^/• j N ^ y

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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 a 3 one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt's Cosmos .

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      VOL : VII . No . 326 . ] SATURDAY , JUNE 21 , 1856 . Pbice { gSSSg ^ dBSBF" -

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2146/page/1/