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    10 get^ THE BUSIXESS OF PARLIAMENT.

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    item to maintain unity in harmony with ¦ " the progres ^ c adm ^ , iiisti-vtivc liberty of the provinces and communes A \ hilc the S ? te" ^« 1 VlLomnted despots are sunk in sel fish schemes , Vioto " Kmm ' ani-bl calls for - a noble co-operation , m order to . Sir principal object-. the welfare of ^ Peop 1 . and ¦ ho ..: watness of the country—which is no more the . Itah o the . lomans , nor that of the middle ages : it must no more be left . 1 | S open to foreign ambition , hut it niust on the eon rary be the Italy of the Italians . " Nothing is so bitter as truth to the - Smarted-: and if Fkancis Joseph f ° f ^*^^ i lilies ' and debaucheries lor a fevv moments to read these woiUs thev mu , t be gall and worimvopcl to Ins sou . lie dare no eaU uiioVhU subjects to make their country the . . Austm ot the . j Tu , tria « 9 , " for all his energies and all his enn . es have been ; ducted to prevent their doing anything of the kind and o keep it the Austria of . the Hamburg * w . tuc only * vish . ^ th « . Jesuits have , allowed to grow in his narrow heart am . inuul In these novel documents , we have the old system conhonted ianlv S ? th Jhe new , and on neither ; sid , can the opponents res upon thr mis " Victor Emmanuel cannot pause untilhe luu , e ' eued ' italv or perished in the , attempt . ; TraxusJ o ^ m , 'Xtheline in onepoeket and the expelled . Dufccs in the other l ^ t rJ until he W extirpated the spirit ot resist ^ and - liberty , or seen his evil power ,, and perhaps his d > na . U , . extinguished in the attempt . . . ¦ "¦ ¦ '¦ f t is thi * certainty of collision , whatever may be the prec ^ e form it will take , that justifies popular anxiety , concerning ^ the Sms of France : As we predicted , 'the Swiss difficulty seems S ' to he arranged to the satisfaction , of Europe , , but no exttiom of H ; XiiovvEKEi .. ean - efface "the impression which , fas been produced l > v the doctrine , of geographical boundaries ^ el ^ e k . B r . ire deUberately put _ forth . Lovd J £ n * Beg ' has done his duty in exerting the mfluenee of England , pn 1 e ull of the Swiss , and he has -assuredly not overstepped it mplainh tellino-iralice what must- be the consequences-ol asserting an alornnn .. - doctrine . Sew State papers have spoken so clearly as tiat " nwliieii his lordship remarks , f < that a demand lor a cession . rfl ShrlrWs territory . mnde by a state so powertnl as 1 ranee ^ and whose former and -not very . remote policy brought eountle . s comities upon Europe , cannot well fail to give uinbrage to every state interested , in the balance of power , and in the nunntenance of -the" general peace . Xor can . that umbrage be ¦ cHmini , hed by the grounds on which the chum , is ounded , because if a great military power like I ranee is to demand tHe . Sor ^ of a ue ighhour upon its own theory of . what , ron-S uS ^< "eo-Vap hically Us own system of defence , at is evident th 110 state could be secure , from the aggressions o a more powe ^ d neighbour , that might , and ; not right , ™ uW henceforward he the rule to determine territorial possession , and that the integrity and independence , of the ^ n ailer states of > , rope , Avould Im ' placed in perpetual jeopardy . " Thus Lovd John Husseix has told the truth to Franco ; . but has he dared , or has the Court . permitted Win , to tell the truth to Germany * Has . he tola tlie three . dpaen little princes that the » ! s of their . country temp , tod ond enabled the first ** VO £ DX to overrun it , and that the divisions now existing , although lai £ . a m « e « , ui- « re . "ntirely inoompatiblc with fct «» rth and njnv tempt the nephew to imitate , what the uncle did ? lias he tola iffia that -the refusal on the part of its rulers to recognise P ' opulav principles exposed'Goriunny to the disasters oi Asav ^ wtl xevolntionnry mid imperial Franqe , and that by vofusmfc , as ho Prussian Court has recently done , to weottiiiw the right ol a notion to dismiss bad sQverejgns and choose bettor in their atwic , the moral inilucuce of Germany i . wcakenec , and that step taken which is most likely to lead to defeat If a fresh collision should arise ? Has his Lordship told all the potentates concerned that England has had enough of lighting for despots in the namo o liberty , and ., that tho tax-gatherer reminds her of this | ollv bj collecting Vvcutv-six millions a-year to pay tho debts incurred for that misShievous purpose ? The organs of the 1 ory party boast . that the alliance with 1 ' ranoe is at an end , but wu much mistake the spirit of the people if they will agree to . lavish li ) c and ' treasure to enable any other despotism to nrcvnil «« nmj t that vhio hns enthroned itself in Paris , and which dominates hm-ope simp v because Europe is politically unsound . , There is nothing S vnin than to endeavour to withstand the natural course oi events , and no friend of Germany shou d wish to wo h « r BtrouB until she comes hefore the world as the representative oi true ideas . It may often happen that France may b p the wrong- , headed or the unveracious wpvespntatfve of -progressive principle ^ but the Empire , with all its defects , is part ot revolutionary Trance , nnd cannot , for its own safety , be as bad as governmonts founded upon the exploded doctrine of the "Ihvme right ot k " 3 ly w » y of adding to the alrondy numerous complications ,

    Carlisin has reappeared in Spain , appareatly attcuipting to league itself , with , democratic principles , for the - purpose , of betravin * them . This event may remind us of our past folly in the wavofmtervention / The dynasty we opposed was bad , and that which we set up has proved incorniribly profligate and C 0 I The European atmosphere- is charged with electricity ;' , thf . b-danc- of forces has been disturbed ; the flash and the thundernehl arc verv -likely to be seen and heard . Lei us secure our o « - -n , aletvbverectin- ^ ood conductors . Our neighbours can see the pattern , mid imitate it if they like . . Tf they wil 1-iiot do ^ this , it will not be our fault if , when -thf storm comes , their root-tree falls . .

    mHl-: House of Commons is Ueginmng . » um . L si-rvitudt- to the irresponsible minority , who lor soiae tmii : have been rucroaehinu- moie and more on its time and patience . The House- has resembled an industrious but driwice . lesi country Ivini ? -between « J-Vang ? .-. y £ irregular hills and a furuliec . town ' U stated intervals tlkr regular garrison marenes > orth , occupies the roadways , ]) re-oeenpie 5 all attention , cfti ^ s--allotWr . pursuits to be suspended , and dictates . ; smeli contributions as it declares to be indispensable ibr the public wea . Ihe frugal and Avell-Hieanin- community . loyally acquiesce , - listen respect ! ully , and pav without murmuring , expecting in return that during the ve = t of -the week they will be allowed to look alter- the maniiokl iuteiv . sts and diversified concerns they liave . at heart and m hand . . But from the hills there come down upon them incessantly tho ^ parliamentary guerillas ? ; who . are armed with all manner- ot . wmgeu . darts- poisoned arrows , and explosive - projectiles . ; and ul 0 ; ibllowinc , no common standard , are capable ^ ot being bourn by . no compact , treaty , or covenant of peace . Every man -ol dicu . . does what se < uneth hini good in his owneyes ,. or . rather ^ hat . eemeth hlni bad , for his undisguised aim is to make hnn ^ it troublesoine , by stopping some / useful work . that as going _ on either on the part of ^ Government / or on that ot nideuondriu a wl useful . legklation . , Day after day . « tu-retli spc ^ eeh , . and nigh a . tci . niaiit showeth knowlecf ^ e : but the speeeh ot the / W « " / * -o i AVestnunstcris sure to be upon . some other question than t hat [ which is regultnlv before the House ; and ^ as ^ or the kuowle dgr ! ost , ntatiouSy shown , it is sure to be . ot the uuej X iisel ^ , because irrelevant , kind . Sir IIoberT P ^ V ^ Lr . ^ . Vvr ^ v ' Mr , Hoksmax , Mr :. Euw . iS"J . vmes , and Mr PorE . Hmt » " - sbcin to be rivals for the jirst place in this school u h-g .. lative - ¦ scandal . ' Anything more . disreputable - or absurd than th , oMHiw uaLherum , valk tUat . " ht . fi of late become usvud on -I- nda ^ . it is impossible to conoelve . \\\ t \\ hardly an . except . un ., u iiuu . ¦ be trulv sai ^ l that the sole result of the speeches made on : u-sc ' occasions lms been . one of . a inisrhievous character ^ mm-body has been attacked or insulted , aroused or Worried , stung- oi beo-. uiled into self-defence , to the infinite waste ot j > ublu- iin ^ and the obstruction of public business . Indeed , it i * Uauly denied that these latter results have , with many ot the brim la * , beau " tho main object in view . . Opposition . s so divided « u . l disorgiiuised tluit uo concerted aetion can be taken wnli n \ n to pmvolec a general engagement . Clouds ot * ku-mi * l «; i £ ' J ' therefore , thrown out to conceal the . disarray , and to th \ ait u onward progi-ess of the Ministerialists . On the other sid ., i .. loquaeiou ^ entlemen belou- the gan-Nyay , lor whose tulcn ^ u adequate use has bucn found by their iorim-r leader , cs ) i di-v ¦ •« no better wuv of reminding those ungrateful men ol then tuubk some exigence . , than by ( . busing the iorins ol Parljm . i ^ . A » frec . ucntlyniul as variously as possible , and bv vmsmg di . u x ™ on , without the responsibility of bringing any ddnute quesuou to 158 exquisite specimen of what . we ulludu to took p lnee on Tuesday evening last ,. On the motion ( hat tho Houso do u ^ n for ^ he ' holidays , Sir John Paring-pox put some very leg i u c questions to the Gyvemment rcspectm- the ninchisc u- » that ore relied on ns the basis of the Hclorm Bill . ;> ; . l ) l . tory reply having been given by . the 1 ' aBaiDBXT ot tho lo LawBoXru , and supnlenicntal mforumtion haying buu » I 1 £ inised after Euster , n-duo senso of deooruni would hnvo let ui ^ subject drop , But as well might » richly-laden caravan eM ^ to csoapo the hordes of the desert . Hero , was no cml ot m . ^ iuto be done on the easiest terms . Tories who uvow their m » i J > upset tho Reform . Bill , and Budicals who proless thorny I a patitent at its delay , rushed pel me . H into the goncrrtl ' ^ . ^ linging nbout them right and left all manner ot ran . oin u n se « wul osaoptions cnleulnted to sot people by the - Several of these were taken in hand and dealt with sun imil ^ ^ SirO « ouoB Lkwis , who is one oi tho lew men hat * n ^ always to preserve his equanimity , and consequently »'« J j oieney , in the midst oi' a general indie ot this sort , i ho B « . ncu »

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    320 The Leader cmd Saturda ^ Ajialj / sL £ Apml 1 , I 860 ,

    10 Get^ The Busixess Of Parliament.

    10 get ^ THE BUSIXESS OF PARLIAMENT .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1860, page 320, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2341/page/4/