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      ^ p ^ M ^^ ^^^ lMc ^ , ^ bV ^^ t ^ A POLITICAL AND LITEEAfiY REYIEW .

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      . '¦ ' r ~ T—^ ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ A ROYATj Proclamation is issued for the meeting Xi of Parliament on the 3 rd . The opening session , therefore , will be protracted to an unus \ ial length , for though it will commence at the beginning of December / there can of course "be no prospect that it will close before the usual period . ! Nor is there any probability that the long session will be a lazy session . The two Houses are convened to discuss a subject ¦ which has become peculiarly urgent . The suspension of the Bank Charter Act has rendered it necessary to apply for a Bill of Indemnity ; the Directors of the Bank of England having , under a g \ iarantec from the Executive Goverciment , actually broken the statute which gives them their charter . It does not , of course , diminish the technical need for indemnity , that they were justified by the necessity of the case ; on tlie contrary , even the circumstances under which the lav has been suspended , necessitates proof positive that the management of the I 3 auk had been such as to avoid the crisis which led to the suspension . It is much too early in the day to prejudge that question ; but there is . no probability that it will really be placed before Parliament in its integrity in the earlier days of the session . Most likely Government will lay only the general statement of the case before the House of Commons , —will show that the Pinancc Ministers of the Crown were justified in authorizing the suspension of the Act , and that the Bank Directors were also justified in accepting the permission thus given them ; and it may be considered thai ; the passing of the Act of Indemnity is a matter of course . No one will imagine that members will be content to pass in pure silence the other subjects which must be introduced by . the Quken ' s speech ; but probably the business actually Ivans acted before Christinas will be limited to the Indemnity Bill . The next subject which will come before Parlialiamoiit will be the Bank Charter Act , including the management of the Bank by its directors , the causes which have led to the suspension , and the degree to which the present legislation has operated on those causes or not . This question lias become greatly complicated since it was opened last session ; Tor our readers Avill remember that last summer wo had au inquiry with a view to a Parliamentary reconsideration of the Charter next year . The opponents of the Act have gained greatly in strength by force of accidental circumstances . They will

      make the best of their opportunity ; and although we may anticipate the ¦ maintenance of the statute , we must anticipate long and arduous debates . With the prospects of the winter , both for trade and for employment , the ' state of the country' again be one of the subjects pressed upon Parliament . We hope not ; but it is a question prolific in giving rise to other questions ; and the prospects of the Avinter , therefore , indicate complicated and anxious debates in tlie spring . The glorious intelligence from India last week relieved anxiety respecting the worst contingencies , bui showed that , work'is yet to be done , needing continual reinforcements , and the outlay of large sums of money . These are subjects certain to excite great interest in the House of Commons , even in absence of immediate provocatives ; but the formal occasions for debate will not be wanting . It is well known that the lEast India Company will need some support early in the year for procuring additional financial resources . Here is one series of debates . Tlie Secretary for War will have to bring forward increased estimates ; second series of debates . ' The Friends of India , ' will not only be able , but will be impelled , to bring forward many grievances which have contributed to the disorders in Bengal . Altogether the debating prospects become so expansive as to fill even more than an ordinary session . But besides these great subjects , there will undoubtedly he the deferred question of Reform . The only thing wanting to the gentlemen , who are already agitating the question , at present with very limited success , would be a refusal of Ministers to entertain it . This appears to have been perceived at head-quarters , and at hist we have signs tlmt the Government has learned its position . Their refusal would at once bring out the strong reform interest of every town in the country . The moderate public is quite prepared to expect a fulfilment of Lord Palmeiiston ' s purpose , or some step on the part of Lord John Russell to sup ply the deficiency . We aro thus certain to have either a Roebuck , motion or a Russell , motion , probably both , with no doubt as to the importance of the latter . But i here is no real ground for believing that the Premier intends to disappoint the country ; we may therefore look for an ollicial Reform Bill , with the consequent debutes that must take place on its merits , and perhaps on its deficiencies . But there willjje two important classes of opponents . Mr . Dishaeli has taken the position of encouraging reforms , but requiring some conditions favourable to

      the lauded interest ; and he will give rise to debates on his own propositions . Another section of opponents has already found an organ ia the Times newspaper , which has been , writing on the subject as if it were -inspired , from some very exalted quarter . The aim is to dissuade Ministers as well as the public from attending to the subject of Reform in the session , when subjects so important as the Bank Charter Act and India will have to be discussed . There are thus very influential opponents who are perhaps not usually considered to constitute an Opposition , that will hi the coming session offer some kind of resistance , more or less covert , to the progress of the question and of the Government . . In this brief and imperfect list of subjects which , are already known to be contemplated for the session , we have taken very little account of that important class which belongs to unforeseen events and unpremeditated questions , a class always more numerous where the leading subjects are in themselves numerous and important . The session will not be one of play . Tlie details of the latest known events in India , which were brought by the last mail , have been published at great length ; but they still leave the history of the taking of Delhi and of the relief of , Lucknow incomplete . Our patience will not be exhausted by any reasonable delay ; we know the best , and that is so good that we do not suffer ourselves to be made too uneasy by speculations as to what may have taken place of a less satisfactory nature . However bitterly we may deplore the loss of so many gallant men in the execution of the punishment justly inflicted tipon our abominablo enemy , yet the performance of the terrible task has called forth such magnificent examples of courage , wisdom , and of all else that goes to make up civil and military virtue , that our feelings are relieved by the pride wo cannot help taking in tlicir greatness . The whole country agrees to honour the men whose names were gazetted on Tuesday us having been distinguished , Sir Joio Lawiusnck as a G . C . B ., IliWELOCK and Wilson , as K . C . B . ' s . The country ( well says the Times ) accepts these ' honours' the men who have won its gratitude u $ instalment a of far higher recompenses wli'icit it is vctuly to makd them for all they have so nobly endured and done . If , by anything that could bo said of him , General Hwelock could be made more estimable in the sight of England and the world , Mr . SiDNB * -Kerft ^ nxivr ' s speech ut the Wiltshire ^ S ^ ^^^ P ^ ft t ^ JKAA V cioty ' s meeting at Warminsicr , 9 k | M ^ W tr .

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      VOL . ¦ ¦ Till . No . 400 . ] SATURDAY , NO ^ EMBEB 21 , 1857 . Price SE ^ S ?' '

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      REVIEW OF THE WEEK- moe Naval and Military ; ..... 1106 The Indian-Bevolt H 07 The Orient 1110 America „ .... mo Ireland ... 1110 Accidents and Sudden Deaths .... 1111 State of Trade nil Continental Notes . „ mi Our Civilization .. ; ...... ................. 1112 Gatherings from tlie Law and Police Courts .....:...........: .. 1113

      The New Chief Editor of 'La Presso' ... 1113 Miscellaneous .... lilt Postscript ..... 1115 PUBLIC AFFAIRS-. What is the Bank Charter Act ? ... 111 G Tho Military Position of India ...... 111 G lie - establishment of Political Unions .... ... 1117 i Payment of the Indian Damages 1117 I The "Winter and its Social Clouds 1118

      Sir William Gore OuseLey's Mission 1118 . The Third Session of 1857 ............ 1119 British Subjection — Neapolitan Dungeons . ' . 1119 Representation of Finsbury 1119 LITERATURESummary 1120 Beranger ' s Last Songs .................. 1120 A Literary Biography ..... 1121 Letters from Cannes and Nice ...... 1122 Men of the Time ... 1122

      Latter-Day Poetry ....................... 1123 PORTFOLIOThe "Woodspring Papers ............ 1124 THE ARTSThe Drama run Mad 1124 Opera Buffa . — St . James's Theatre 1125 ThcGazette .............................. 1125 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCity Intelligence , BIarkets , &c 1125

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      " The one Idea which . Hi 3 tory exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble , endeavour tothrowdown all the barriers erected between men byprejudice and one-3 idedview 3 ; and , by setting aside th . e 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 . "—ETumboldt ' s Cosmos .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2218/page/1/