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      A Political Axd Literary Review.

      A POLITICAL AXD LITERARY REVIEW .

      "The One Idea Which History Exhibits As ...

      "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 pieiuJice ; ur . l or . c-sided views ; and , by setting nside the distinctions of Religion , Country , a : id Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development oi our spiritual nature . " — lluinbohlVs Cosmos .

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      Review Of The Week- I-Age , Miscellaneou...

      REVIEW OF THE WEEK- i-age , Miscellaneous 418 , LITERATURE- | Tlie " Winter ' s Talo" at tne I'rui-Tmperial Parliament 411 ! Postscript 119 j Sulnnlarv 42 t Tlic O-K > i as 4 * 3 The Treaty of Poaco , 413 ! _ .. _ , . _ . „ . . __ Moore ' s Journr . is 421 a nc ^ jlj a * - The Crimean Hoard 410 ' i PUBLIC AFr AIRS - I Grecian Sec-nerv 423 j Tlio Sailloir Forfreries 41 ( 5 i The Sermons To-morrow 420 New Xovcls 42 ' ! Continental Notes 410 ! Tho Protocols 420 A IJatcIi of Hooks 42 C The fii 7 ftto 423 America -117 , The Walow > ki Mystery 121 ¦ Hie Oazctto ^ 3 The Orient 417 '" Steward ! " 122 , xhf art ? - CnMMrRriAL AFFAIRS — Our Civilization 4 LS The First Klow in Parliament 42 : 5 ¦ THE ARTS COMMERCIAL AF . AIKS State of Trade 416 Death of J . Ji Blackott 423 I Exhibition of tho Royal Academy ... 427 City I uteliigon'je , Markets , & c 429

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      • The " Two Gi*Eat Parties Of The State"...

      • THE " two gi * eat parties of the State" have felt a revived consciousness of their own existence , and have made a studied endeavour to struggle hack into strength . The repeated defeats of the Government had caused new hopes to awaken in the breasts of the Tory party ; at least , the period seemed to have come when they could again exercise the power of a combined body , and possibly even dispossess the Ministry , take the Treasurybench , distribute places amongst themselves , and enjoy the exercise of power and influence ; to say nothing of the fact that some of the most active , though not the hig hest men among them , would reap no small profit from the occupation . The mistakes of the Government had given them the opportunity of making several attacks , some of which had told severely . Deserted by their liberal supporters , Ministers had been defeated by Mr . Spooner , and had ' been thrown into the disagreeable necessity of maintaining Roman Catholic Maynooth against the Protestant constituencies of England , or of invading at once statesmanship and the popular feeling in Ireland , by ratifying Spoonkr , and abolishing Maynooth . Here they were p laced against Ireland . In the debate on Mr . Cowan ' s Billeting of Militia motion , Mr . Pjcei / s supercilious manner had most unexpectedly provoked the Scotch members . Scotland looked us if" she were . lost . Lord 1 ' almkkston . seemed to have made a mistake by deviating into something like the preliminaries of needless hostility with the United States , —an intention which he now emphatically disclaims , —but Sir Kuwabd Lytton had o : i the notice-paper a notice that would briiiii this question to an i .-j . sue . Air . Whitkside had recorded the notice of a . motion on the remaining great blot of the war—the capitulation of Kars after its gallant defence by Williams , because he was not supported by the Turkish Government , by Omab Pacha , or by our own Ambassador at Constantinople . There was a prospect of more defeats , if Ministers . should not bu supported by the general body of the Liberal members , who now began to show groat indill'erenee . Mr . Wiutksidij ' s motion on Kars stood for Monday , and on that day Lord 1 ' almeiihton summoned a meeting of Liberal members . The summons was not indiscriminate , nor was the attendance , indiscriminate . The Roman Catholic Irish members appear to have been omitted

      from the invitation , apparently for the purpose of showing England that Ministers did not intend to rest their support up-. in the once famous Urign . de . They did not care to conciliate the alliance even of the ghost of O'Conneijt .. The so-called Pkel members were away , and the absence has been mentioned as a gain to Lord Paljiehston . Another remarkable absence was that of Lord Johx Russell , who had received from Ministers a very half-and-half support for his Education plan , and who now showed that he did not intend to share the parliamentary fortunes of Lord Palmerston . The Premier mustered not quite half a dozen over two hundred members . To these he spoke with much of his old manner that freedom , that unaffected heartiness , that point , that dashing spirit , which have rendered him personally so popular , even when as a Minister be has disappointed popular hope . The gist of his address was , that if the liberal members did not lend him a support as the representative of the Liberal party , they could not expect him to go on . Support must be given practically , he said , or Government must surrender the reins of ollice ; and he implied that they should surrender them to the opposite party . A species of debate followed , and it is rather remarkable that none of the most inlluent . ial political leaders took any part in it . The speakers were men much respected and independent , Mr . Djvktt , Mr . Mangles , Mr . Montague Chambers , Mr . Mi'ntz , and Mr . John Gkouuk Phillimohk , who had himself an amendment on the subject of Kars , cutting half-way between Ministers and their opponents . " As a favour to the Government" -so Lord Palmekston called it—Mr . Piiillimorio consented to give way ; and it was felt by those who were present that Lord Palmekston , a youth in spirit though so experienced a veteran , " a truly wonderful man , " had gained strength by the muster . Wo did not observe , however , the slightest sign of public interest in the proceedings ; we did not observe the slightest symptom thai Ministers intended to put forward any new programme , or to earn a warmer inteivsl on the part of the public by measures for the people . "We have enjoyed a high stute of prosperity , and the wealthier classes have gained a great increase of privilege and station : the time has come when some of those benefits should be extended to the working classes . The time has long since passed , when the mildest ^ of reformers ' , like Lonl jJoiin Rusheli ., liavo avowed that a very large number of the working

      classes have attained an intelligence that entitles them to the suffrage : jet even from that fraction of the people suffrage is still withheld . Not a word about it from Minister or member in the meeting held on Monday . It was simply a rally of party persons , to stand by each other for the purposes of those persons . There was another muster on the same day . Lord Derby summoned his followers , and preached to them on the subject of supporting Mr . Whiteside . But again a total absence of public interest . The people took almost as little part in thes ¦ manoeuvres of their representatives as they did in the proclamation of peace on Monday . They stood by as spectators while the heralds , the mediaeval toys of the State , uttered the formal proclamation of an event which everybody knew be forehand . The muster in the IIou . c of Commons was numerous , for a party struggle is always interesting to members . Mr . Wuitesibu found a strong gathering around him ; he surveyed a muster on the opposite side which was a compliment to his presumed prowess in the attack . It was u dramatic incident that the Treaty of Peace and the accompanying papers were laid upon the table . Manifestly the mutters contained in those papers had a close bearing upon the subject to be debated , but Mr . \ Viutksii > k was ready with his speech , and of course he must proceed . The immense expectation was proportionately disappointed . The opening speech was tediously prolonged , as if he had read a file of the Moruiiuj Herald for the last twelve months , and the adjournment of the debate for that evening was inevitable . By the next day , however , the Peace Treaty and the papers luid been read : they had produced an effect deeidedh favourable to Lord Clarendon ' s colleagues , and the result was seen in an amendment proposed by Mr . Kicu Seymeii to defer a judgment on the Kars question until the Peace papers should have been taken under consideration . Mr . WniTESinic's speech had been a decided damper for his party . They Ml infinitely lens confidence on the Tuesday than on the Monday ; and on the Skymeh amendment there was an opening for a retreat , the . more ko since on some points tLMT ^ jv , > .-. was little dispute . Mr . Whitkside blamed , Jl ^^ ' ;; / -f ^ ^ SlK / YTl OKI ) DE Ill {» CM » 'FIS ; Lord V jJfav ^ ' ^ f . 0 : ffi ? j admitted , at the meeting of Monday , ibUt ' i ^ V *) . ^ fvjk "< . Stratford ' was not- immaculate ; Mr . £ ^ AT * n # / , , V "; 3 ( h-1 avowed in the debate that the origiiirtW ^ iJIf ^ ijy . ^/ . ^ f'iij £ ' 2 M * £ « a

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 3, 1856, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03051856/page/1/