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A POLITICAL AND IITEKARY REVIEW .
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"Thp one Idea which Hi 3 tory exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—trie noole 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 as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt's Cosmos . ' ¦
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- ., * Trial of the Rev . Samuel Smith ... 343 ! PUBLIC AFFAIRS- MrXwTdfcia tSI Gatherings from the Law and Po- Criminal Record 343 The Ministry and the India Bill ... 347 A ^ atoh of DramS "" Vil HceCourts . 33 S Central Criminal Court 343 The Banquet Debate 348 « rhool Davs onE ?^ fnent Aleii S 54 The Indian Revolt 339 The Assizes 344 The French Empire in Europe 34 S | Sb ^ M ^ s and »^ uWI « tioM 355 Tlus Orient . 339 Obituary 344 Influence or Buckle on the Position Publications and itepublicauons ... 355 The Easter Banquet 339 Naval and Military 344 of Women 349 THFAI ! T . State of Trade .. ... 3 * 0 Miscellaneous 344 Education and Literary Teaching ... 349 Jt £ " iiTh »*** a iki Accidents and Sudden Deaths 340 Postscript 345 LITERATURE _ S ?? JSSta -: ZZ 2 » $ ^* x * x ^" &w-= ft ? OPEN counc . l- pSf Memoirs ::::::::::::::::::::: S 3 commercial affa . rs- NCE
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VQIi . IX . No . 420 . ] SATURDAY , APRLL 109 1858 . Price {^^ i . ^ : .: S ^ -
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T OBD DERBY , governed by the idea that lie jU would be a bold , not to say " presumptuous Minister who , with a notice of a few days or even of a few weeks , could hope to strike out a scheme of Indian government which should not be open to grave objection , or wliich in its progress would not require serious modifications , " lias taken the same course with regard to his Indian bill , that ' manly Wvchekley ' did with his poems , which ; being very bad , he placed in the hands of youthful Pope to be made ' very good . ' Lord Derby has put his bill into the hands of the public : it is a very bad bill , and he asks to have it made a very good one . The task is not a grateful task : Pope quarrelled with manly Wycheruey before he had trimmed half the old wit ' s verses ; how far in the labour will those whom Lord Derby invites to trim his bill go before they quarrel with him ? The Board of Directors of the East India Company starts with a quarrel ; but that was to have been expected eveu by Lord Derb y , and the only thing remarkable thereupon is that their quarrel is not only with the Minister aud his measure , but with the late Ministry to boot . Not only do English Ministers know nothing about India , they say , but the people of this country know still less ; and the reasoning used at the meeting of the proprietors was at least forcible Objections urged with such temper will , of course , have great weight witli Parliament , Press , and Country . They object almost , in toto to both Lord Palmerston ' s and Lord Derby ' s bill—most to Lord Derby ' s ; but the end of their objections so far is the announcement of a very natural determination—to devote their expiring energies to the defence of the present system against the attacks of uninformed adversaries . The Directors arc making the most of the rivalry of parties . la a far more popular spirit has Lord Derby ' s Mansion House invitation been accoptod by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce . The direotors of that institution have agreed to send a petition to -JgMlhmtmt . oa . tho subject of the India Bills . Their " ^ emporato but firm rejection of the elective sohomo must convinoo the Minister of tho groat mistake wWoH has been nrmdo , in supposing that such a mode of constructing an Indian Council would bo popular ; tho loading commercial representatives of , ono of the loading oitios that woro so flatteringly distinguished aBSuro him that thoy entirely
disapprove of his electional element . An Indian Minister and Secretary in Parliament , aided by a Board consisting of four or more permanent Secretaries , who should not be permitted to sit in Parliament , and should be paid at least 2000 / . a year each , —such is the Home Government for India suggested by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce ; but it looks rather to local government than to the supreme authority at home for the future prosperity of India ; and thinks , thez * efore , that the powers of the Governor-General in Council should be retained , and that the Governors of the minor provinces of Madras and Bombay should have larger powers conferred upon them . The directors have , at least , dealt with the subject in a temperate and practical spirit ; if they have not helped the question forward in any great degree , they have not complicated its discussion with either bitterness or perversity . While we at home are slowly moving towards the settlement of sonic form of Indian Government , events in India are rapidly following one another on the road to that complete pacification wliich alone can be a safe , or in any way proper , foundation for a reformed and healthy government . The telegraph , anticipating the contents of slowertravelling mails , tells us that Lucknow is oui-sgained with trifling loss . On the 8 th of March all was ready for the attack ; on the 9 th , Sir J . Oc / tram " turned the enemy ' s first great line of defence by an enfilading fire , " from that time , step by step , tho generals , acting in concert and supporting each other at all points , moved forwards , until , on tho 15 th , thoy were masters of the major part of the city , and very fow robols remained within its boundaries . Out-manoouvrcd and beaten on every side , the rebels fled by thousands , rushing wildly by the artillery planted to intercept thoir flight . Both cavalry and artillery woro sent in pursuit of tho panic-stricken wretches , with what mult we have yet to learn . Moamyhilo , wo know that tho oapital of Oudo , the very citadel of the robollion , is in our hands , and that our success has been purchasod at a surprisingly cheap rate . At the first view , wo might be inclined to regret that tho action had not been more dooisivo as regards Hid lnirOnouTSopoys ; ~ bTat ^ Wlioii ~ wo"n ofleo ^ pjj ' - (; - ^ groat slaughter of ; t ' uo enomy Could only have booa nooorapanied with a grievous loss on oar sltlo , wo aro satisfied with tho result that has boon achioved . Tho enomy , brokon . up , dispirited , ilyiug for thoir bare lives , havo boon , driven out of their stronghold , to bo huntod down in oourso
of time , and under circumstances which will , in all probability , give all the odds to us . The papers relative to the seizure of the Cagliari which have been laid before Parliament , and published this week , while they help us to a knowledge of all the steps taken in the affair by the late and present Government , furnish a painful example of the shortcomings of our diplomatic agents abroad . Almost from first to last has there been indecision , laxity , and positive incompetency on the part of English officials , by whose doings the business has been complicated to a degree that renders its thorough disentanglement all but impossible . But for the impediments thrown in the way of Lord Clarendon by his own subordinates , and by himself , there is little doubt that months of trial might have been spared to our two countrymen , and the wrong done by Naples to the law of nations would have been adjudged , and possibly atonement enforced long before the present time . However , the accordance of England with Sardinia with regard to the question of the illegality of the seizure of the Cagliari is now put beyond doubt . The just and spirited course pursued by our ally , iu calling upon the naval powers of Europe and of the world to make common cause with her in demanding satisfaction for a wrong which , though specially injurious to her , is an injury done to alJ , will find entire sympathy in England , which will not be content to see work wliich she is best able to perform undertaken by weaker hands . But what say tho official gentlemen , in or outP Truly they know little about England , and care less . However , the case against Naples is now in every way complete , tho finishing touch being given to it by Mr . Park , tho second engineer , whose account of tho affair , from the starting of the Cagliari on her unfortunate voyago down to the moment of his dolivcry from custody , shows the animus by which oil the proceedings of tile Neapolitan authorities has been governed , — a bitter political hostility to this country , for which a bitter reokoning must bo exacted . If Paris were ro " ' ' •«„ ..... .. i , . x incut s" - J franco , We might for a mo * .-ijposc that prosperity had reached to a point of lnngm'fiocncc . NAroLisoM goes on year after year adding iic \ v " sploncloitrs to his " oapital , as "" " """" if ho had achioved nil cIbo demanded of him by hia country . Auothor now lino of s ( t'cot-wj ^ w-ilL meet tho view of visitors to Paris this -6 u $ &dir * -& ~ v \ » tho Boulevard do Sebuslopol . It ni ^ a \ ( , ^^^^^)^ ) d ^ from Iho Boulevard St . Dunia , ^ ct \ v ^ u / ffl || j ^™^ 'y ™| r % « St . Denis' and St . Martin , iu one ( gftPiK ' 532 ul / 'Pi tn
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Leader (1850-1860), April 10, 1858, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2238/page/1/
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