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A LARGE sum will be added to the Fund for the relief of the sufferers "by the re-volt in India , from the collections made at the various places of religious worship throughout the country on the Day of Solemn Humiliation and Past . That is a good result ; but is it not the only result ? That the country lias really humiliated itself , that it has confessed the chastisement of Heaven to have been merited by its ill-doLiigs , not a man believesexcept ' officially . ' By the upper and middle classes ,, the day was spent , in all respects , as a Sunday ; to the working classes , the day was a holiday—spoilt by the ram and the stopped wages . Past , there was none . Indeed , from whatever point of view we look , the Day of Solemn Humiliation and Fast appears to have been , nationally , a solemn sham . A feeling has been diligently engendered , that there should be an Autumnal Session of Parliament ; the possibility of which was hinted l ) y Lord PAiiMEBSTON at the close of the session . Notwithstanding the assurances of Mr . Vjernon Smith , as to the East India Companj ' s capability of providing for the extraordinary expenditure occasioned by the course of events , it seems to be certain that the East India Company will have to make an application to the Imperial Government for monetary assistance . There has been a talk of the Company ' s going into the English money-market for a loan ; but it has not the power to do so without the authority of Parliament . Of course , when the application is made , Parliame nt will fulfil a general anticipation in demanding guarantees that the money shall be .. applied absolutely in the best way for the rc-establishmcnt of our power in India ; and thus the administration of affairs by the Company would « c brought under consideration . These arc amongst the icnsons why Parliament is expected to meet . But there arc others . It is probable that Lord Panmtjre will need further sup-P heaof money to enablfthim to turn to account the Powers which were given him to use the militia lor service iu foreign and colonial garrisons . The opposition of the country is to place in the hands of Government abundant moans for supplying any military force required for the speedy and " effectual su ppression of tlio Indian revolt . These are reasons ° r apphention to Parliament . The whole queswon wlUch lms been raised , however , is one of time .
Is it necessary for Parliament to meet now ? At all events there does not appear any probability that Ministers will convene it . The meeting is rendered the less necessary , since there can . be no doubt of two facts ; In the first place , although it would be necessary for the East India Company to apply for the authority which we have mentioned , it can ' rub on' at present ., and will , perhaps , be able to do so until the usual season . In the second place , there is at this moment very little political excitement ; there is a great deal of excitement on the subject of India , but influential men of all parties take the course of supporting the Government , and thus throwing upon it all the responsibility they can , to judge of it hereafter on the meeting of Parliament . This course is taken without any distinction of party . We see it equally amongst the Tories of Essex , Hertfordshire , or Berkshire , represented hy Sir Edwakd Lytton , Mr . Robert Palmer , or Mr . Beresford ; and among the Liberals , like Sir Charles Napier , in Cheshire , or Mr . Edwaud Baxter in Scotland . There are some few men , like Sir John Trelawny , who . insist that Government has made great faults , and continues to make great faults . One mistake appears to lie in an obstinate support given to lord CaxxiiJg , who is himself a living mistake . But other cases of this kind may accumulate by the time Parliament meets . The great majority of the country , through its representatives , is in the mood that we have described ; and we must confess we do not see what advantage any party could derive at the m oment from the meeting of Parliament . Failing any good results from the offer of a Lieutenant-Colonelcy with the right of naming the ten Ensigns of the corps , to field-officers who should raise one thousand recruits , or from the offer of an Ensign ' s commission to any young gentleman who should raise one hundred , Government has resolved to reduce the standard of height for both cavalry and infantry . The standard henceforth will he , for heavy cavalry , five feet five to five ' feet nine inches ; for lightcavnlry , five feet five to five feel , eight inches ; for cavalry in India , live feet five to live feet seven inches ; for infantry , bolh at- home and in India , five foot four inches ; the maximum age in both nrms is to be twenty-five years , but in the infuntry no maximum is named for India . The most likely means of all for rapidly gel ting the number of ' roeruils wauled are neglected . Thousands of young men turn away disgusted from the inflated promises of special advantages made to than ; for they know
that these promises are mere lies . They are ready to serve their Queen , but they will not be e taken in . ' Let the advantages which Government pretends to offer be really given to the recruit , and an immense impedimen t to recruitment will have been cleared awav . * j ¦ . . . Ireland is again making her appearance in the form of difficulties . Government has found it necessary to issue a new proclamation placing the whole of Belfast under the special law for the prevention of crime and outrage . It will he remembered that , in the former proclamation , one of three townships—comprising the town of Belfast—¦ had been omitted ; and now some adjacent districts are added . We are led to infer , therefore , that the period for releasing Belfast from restraint has not arrived . Mr . IIan ^ a still pers ists that he is in the right , and , as we Learn from a letter to the Times , he stands prepared to resume his bark , if not his bite , as soon as the muzzle shall be removed . We have no exact reports from the other agitators of the town ; but the Government has found it necessary to deal with one of the provo catives in a very decisive , summary , and proper way . The Lord-Lieutenant has caused a circular to be issued to Justices of the Peace , and the copy sent to Lord Londonderry has been published . In a very respectful manner , the circular tells the person to whom it is addressed , that disturbances have arisen from party conflicts ; that the existence of a body like the Orange Society , which originated in events that have now become historical , has in itself a tendency to cause excitement ; that no person sitting on the bench as a Justice of the Peace can do his duty freely , or set a proper example , if he is a member of that party association ; and the Lord-Chancellor , who signs the circular , plainly tells the recipient that he must make his choice and retire citlicr from the society or the bench . The two Emperors of Fbance and IIussia have returned to their dominions ; Alexanpek , since the Stuttgard meeting , having had interviews with Imperial Austria , Royal Saxony , and quasi Imperial Prussia . On the strength of these rapproclwmcus , Count Walewski is reported to have issued a diplomatic circular highly pacific in its tone ; but the meetings of crowned heads are almost as unimportant as the Ministerial crisis of Madrid , in the face of events which we are likely to witness hj .- Iduropc ; for certainly it looks as if clouds V ^ jL ' c' ¦ '¦ ¦ . j , , \ . rising . * A VV ^ - . f ' ; ' ••; . ! .- : - < : " V r-Tlie embarrassments of irjule have hoconny ' tnujpKj A ^; ' v i ' , \ - ¦• ' , more extensive , considerable , and comppSluffcth p V \~\ ;?¦ ' <^" . r -i ^ y : '\ . y- \ wPfr - ^ -:
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YOJj . YIII . No . 394 . ] SATURPAT ; OCTOBER 10 , 1857 . ^^ o ^ i ^^^ .- ^ SS ^' "
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- woe The Indian Revolt 962 The Past Day 964 , Public Meetings 965 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 966 A Russian Shipwreck 966 America ., 966 Ireland 968 Continental Notes 958 Our Civilization 969
Gatherings from the law and PoliceCourts' 970 Naval arid Military .... 971 Obituary ... „ . « ... 971 Miscellaneous 971 Postscript 971 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- ..... . 1 . The Day of Humiliation ; .. ; ..-... -972 Indian Responsibilities 972 Mr . Buchanan and the Forty Priests 973
Englishmen at Arms 974 Missing— £ 5000 Heward 975 Ladies in India 975 Shipwrecks 975 Rice-eaters and "Water-drinkers ... 976 LITERATI ) RESiimmsrv .. ; 977 The Rebellion in India 977 New N " otes on Phrenology 978
The lake District 979 Three Love Stories 980 THE ARTSTlicatrical Notes . 980 TJie Gazette ... ... 981 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCity Intelligence , Markets , &c ...... 982
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"The oneldea -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- sidedviews ; and , "by setting aside the distinctions ot Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the freedevelcpment of our spiritual nature . "—JETuntboldt' s Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 10, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2213/page/1/
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