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A POLITICAL AND LITEEARY REVIEW . ¦ ¦
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; ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ . ?— - — : . ¦ MINISTERS continue to profit through the opening made for them by the differences iu the Liberal party ; but it is more evident than ever that their tenure only subsists so long as tkose differences continue , unless the Liberal leaders should allow Lord Derby ' s Government time enough to weed itself entirely of its old principles , its stubborn members , and become what it is almost already , a Reform Cabinet . This week it lias made considerable progress in that direction , standing forward as the champion of Liberal principles abroad and at home , while on other subjects it continues its convenient neutrality . Thus , it is persevering with its Indian legislation as fast as it is permitted by the conflict of parties . It must be confessed that , upon the whole , the East India Company has not been very happy in . its selection of defenders . Mr . Aybton lias been , the principal auxiliary of the Company ; this week moving , on the second of the Indian resolutions , an amendment suggesting rathci a peculiar compromise . He proposed that the new Council should consist of twelve members to be selected from the present Court of Directors , one to retire every year ; a plan which would , identify the new Councillors with the old Court of Dircc tors , and would obviously complete the transfci very gradually in the lapse of twelve years . A very small proportion , of the members , however assented to that proposal . The stoutest conflic took place upon the question , What should be tin veal powers of the Minister , and his title , —whethc he should be President of a Boatd or a Secretary o State ? Lord Palmeuston hinting his decided prc fcrcncc for the president form , and Mr . Disrakl adjourning progress in order that the Oppositio : might have a longer time to settle the matte a songrc . The Cagliari affair has remained open long cnougl to leave Ministers an opportunity of taking up really liberal poaition , and they have not ncglectci the advantage . Lord Malmusuuiu- ' s fiist fencin , answers io Count Cavoxjk have been reconsidered his last despatch , not yet published , ho say has given complete satisfaction to the Sardinia Minister , who has pled ged himself to iiludc by tli advice of England . That advice consisted i xirging the Sardinian Government not to take \ vu ^ like measures should Naples refuse the demand ft the restitution of tho ship , but to demaml the inte mediation of a third state , England in tho mwu I
while lending its moral support to the claim . The Tory Government , therefore , has taken a step in advance of the late Liberal Government , and so far , no doubt , it lias strengthened itself with the public at large . Mr . Gladstone has made a decidedly popular move in demanding the union of the Danubian Principalities ; but he has been beaten by Ministers . We shall see how . His move was really directed against the policy of Lord Pamerstox , and it is to a certain extent too late . His argument was , ihat the Paris Conference had referred the question of organization to the Principalities themselves ; ( hat in the Divans elected for that purpose the Principalities had demanded union . ( c Yes , " answered Lord Palmerstox , " but on a particular condition —union under a foreign prince . " They did so because the two provinces cannot agree iu self-government ; and although they were consulted as to their internal organization , the Conference was not : bound by the reply of the Principalities on any ¦ question regulating their relation with Turkey . ' The object of the war , " the instructions of the Conference ^ and the proceedings of that body , all pledge the several Governments , and especially 5 the Western Powers , to maintain the integrity of r the Ottoman Empire , which the establishment of - an independent state under a foreign prince would : be the iirst step to break down . Mr . Gladstone ' s l proposal , therefore , is incompatible with the very ob-, jeet of the war , the Conference , the Treaty , and the t whole policy of the Western Powers . England has 3 not deserted France , as Mr . Gladstone said , but r has convinced her ; on its own grounds the reply is f complete ; it amounts to saying that the real qucs-:- tion of the Principalities , which is in some respects . r much higher than that of Turkey or Russia , is the li question of the future . And here we find Mr . v Gladstone standing with Mr . lioMiuck and Lord John Russell far in advance of the two official li parties . Meanwhile , however , by help of Lord a Palmeuston , Ministers beat Mr . Gladstone and d his allies with a large majority . y In another course the Government has become ; positively reforming : The Home Secretary ha ; r cordially agreed to Mr . Locick Kino ' s bill tc n abolish the qualification for Members of Parlia ic menf , a great sham , " says Mr . Wali'olk . Hi : ha : n also promised a revision of tho Corrupt Practice : v- Bill , with a hint that the , House of Commons wil jr be inviU'd to legalise payment of travelling ex r- penscs for voters ; and if Mr . Cmhd bus failed ii i obtaining leave to introduce a Bill for nssimilatin ;
the Scotch franchise to that of England with the forty-shilling-freehold , ' the siibject is left to . be decided by public opinion . . And Lord Derby says ' the marriage Avhli a deceased wife's sister must be deferred ; although Lord Buhy has carried the second reading of his bill iu the Commons by a net majority of 40 . A very important -movement was made by Lord Equity , Avho asked in the Peers for a Royal Commission to revise the Liturgy . The reasons for the reform arc obvious—there is much in tlic Liturgy which society has outgrown ; there are changes of time ; words jio longer have the same meaning that they bad when the text was composed ; hence , stillness , barrenness , monotony , oddity , —all of them influences injurious to religious feeling . A host of Prelates , including the most distinguished of our Church , both in rank and intellect , from Canterbury to Dublin , agree that the Liturgy needs reform . Yet Lord Ebuuy was told in the House of Lords that the subject must not be opened . You will endanger rights venerated by the people , said one Bishop ; you will begin alterations of . which we canuot sec the end , said another ; you arc trenching upon the province of Convocation , said , a third ; it won't do to criticize the merits and demerits of the Liturgy , said Lord Derby . It is- needless to point out the serious confessions , involved , in these " dillicultics " that obstruct improvement admitted to be desirable . ' Iu deference to them , XordEnuRY withdrew his motion . Those who are leading the Church , as clergymen or legislators , flinch from the labour which is necessary to reconcile the Church . of England to the people of England . They arc not so thin-skinned , so fickle , or so un ~ inveutivc when it is a question of completing tlie control of the Ecclesiastical Commission over episcopal and capitular property ; and two bills for that purpose , introduced by Lord Pjcjuiy and tlic Duke of Maulhouougii , arc handed over to a , Select Committee . Another bill carries out a great social improvement—it is the measure for bringing unencumbered estates under the operation of the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland , rendering (]>; it court at the same time more permanent , and complete . The effect is , that a judicial title will b -v , - L _\ , w < m |; - ^
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^ VOL . IX . INo . 4247 ] P ~ " SATURDAY , MAY 8 ,- 1858 . ' Price U % T ^™ : J £ ^™ -
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' . . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . .. . .. ¦ ' . Ccntcnts : ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ . ; ¦ . ¦ . - : . ' . . .. REVIEW OF THE WEEK— i-aoe Criminal Record 4 il New State of our Relations with | Mr . Forstor ' s Essays 449 Imperial Parliainent ....... 43 i Gatherings from the Law and Po- : America 444 The Art of War 449 State of Trade . 437 lice Courts 442 The Operations in India 445 j Letters on India 450 The Indian Revolt " 43-S Naval and Military .. ... 442 An Irish University .... 445 I Lattcr-DayPoetry 450 The Orient ... 4 , 50 Miscellaneous ... 412 Our Wist . India Islands .... 446 Publications ai \ d Republications ... 451 Public Meetings .. 4 SU Postscript .... ..... 413 . Empress of Ind 4 iG Sanitary . Matters 4-10 „„ ,, , . . ac-c-aidc Sanitary Condition of the Army ... 44 G COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS — America 410 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- ' ¦ ' .- „ . „ .., Continental Notes ....... 440 The Financial Position .. .. 4-13 LiURftiURt- The Gazette 452 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 4 H 1 Tlie Danubian Barrier 414 Summary ; . ; ...... 418 . City Intelligence , Markets , &e ...... 452
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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 vie W 3 ; 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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Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1858, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2241/page/1/
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