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"The one Idea which . Hi 3 torjr exhibits a 3 evermore developing itself into greaterdistinctness 13 the Idea of Huraamty— -fcrxo xioblc endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected ¦ between mea by prejudice and one-3 ided . views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , baving one great object—the free development of ouT 3 piritualnature . "—Humbpldt ' s Cosmos .
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tiviEW OF THE WEEK— vaok 1 Gatherings from tlie Law and To- Government of the Army .............. 512 Intellectual Education ^ ...... 547 Ireland ..... 530 liceCourts . 53 S Tests for Liberal Members ............ 542 AVill He Marry Her ? 548 Accidents and Sudden Deaths ... 530 Ascot Races 539 Sir William'Peel . ... 512 ' . » . _ Imperial Parliament ; 530 Naval and Military .. 539 The Su « z Canal Debate 543 THE . ARTS — TheOrieiit 534 Mercantile Marine 539 Breaches of Privilege ............ 513 New Pictures at the French Gallery 548 The Indian Revolt . 534 Obituary ....... .... 539 Sanitary Condition of the Army ... o 43 The Photographic Society ........ 548 Letters from China 53 G Miscellaneous , 530 1 ITCD .-IID- Theatrical and Musical Notes 548 -America 537 Postscript ..-:.... ; .... 510 -LITERATURE—. State of Trade ... 537 _ _ Summary ..:.. ... 545 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSOontineutalNotes ..... 537 PUBLIC ^ FfAiKS— Cardinal Jlezzofanti o 45 Public Meetings 538 The American Demands 541 "Friends at their own Fireside 54 G The Gazette ..:..... .. 518 ' Criminal llecord 53 S Something too Mvu-li of Slough . 541 The World and liis Wife . 547 ; City Intelligence , Markets , & c 519
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¦ ¦ r ^ ? ... ¦ ... ¦¦ ¦ . OTJ R honourable Members of Parliament do not ; in the intervals of debate , complete their arguments by the help of revolvers , bludgeons , or bowieknives , as their cousins across the Atlantic art ; wont to do " . on exciting occasions ; but the experiences of the last feu- months , and particularly of the last few day s , demonstrate that Parliamentary courtesy is fast giving place to vituperative personality , and Parliamentary gallantry to low craft and shiftiness . Honourable gentlemen seize the moment of an opponent ' s absence to attack him and to make charges against him , ¦ and ¦ when they are called to account , deny , quibble , attempt to " explain" black into white , without a blush , and generally with the satisfaction of raising a laugh in recognition of their wit—or impudence . If chivalry is not dead , it is at present sleeping very soundly on the benches of the House of Commons ; may we hope that 1 lie over loud brawling of sonic of the Parliament ary swashbucklers who have lately been , biting ¦ ihi'ir thumbs ! at one another , will , before long-, wake the slumbering genius . But while the members of Parliament have retrograded in their treatment of one another , the House of Commons has still preserved its civility for tlic House of Lords , and has shown the strongest disinclination to doing anything likely to wound the delicate susceptibilities of that august assembly . It has done everything it could think of to adjust the Oatlis Bill difficulty , so as to save the amour proprc of the objecting Peers ; its virtue seems in : i fair way to reap its due reward . The suggestion of Lord Lucan oil Monday night really oilers a practicable solution of the rpucstion at issue between the two Houses : it is to abandon the fifth clause of the amended bill , and give to each House the right to modify the oaths to be taken by its members . There is a strong opinion that the House ol Commons already possesses this power , but :, tin sanction of the House of Lords to a legislative recognition of its authority would lye a result ovei which the Upper and Lower Houses might wcli shako , hands , iuid no love lost . It is to be hoped that the House of Lords wil deal gently with Mr . Lockk Kino ' s bill for abolish ing the present property qualification of member . ' of Parliament , upon the expediency of which tin House of Commons expressed itself very strough on Wednesday , on the motion for going into coin millcc . There cannot be much doubt that the prc
sent property qualification is worse than \ iseless . The example of the Scotch members alone suffices to show that it . is needless , nobody pretending that members from the north of the Tweed arc less honest , solvent , or independent than those from the south of that legal as well as ¦ geographical boundary . It is a curious sight , however , to see the Conservative split upon this question : Miv Duoimcotd sees nothing before him but anarchy , ruin , and the overthrow of the constitution , if once men arc admitted to Parliament without giving the solemn security of a property qualification—real or fictitious , as at present ; Mr , Ker Seyimek . and Mr . Waia > ole sec in Mr . Lockk King ' s reform a great Parliamentary purification and stepping-stone to higher morality and independence . Captain Yiyiax has induced the House of Commons to express its opinion , by a majority of two , ¦ that the ¦ better government of t lie army demands I the abolition of the office of Commander-in-Chief . The idea of Captain Vivian is that , although by ! the changes made in ] S 55 the various departments I of t lie army were brought into better working- order , , there is still too great a division of responsibility , { and that , therefore , it is desirsiblc- to bring the whole army under the control of one Minister , who shall be directly responsible to Parliament . But the advantages of the proposed arrangement do not appear to the official mind so obvious as the disadvantages . Such a minister , sny the denizens of ollicc , would , with few exceptions , be a civilian ; and if he succeeded , his labours would , in all probability , be rendered nugatory by his removal from oilieo just when he was becoming lilted to discharge ' its duties efficiently . One bundrcd »! uul four mein-. bei's , however , oxit of two hundred and ten , think tlis . it the Army would be better placed under the ; control of one responsible Minister , and the motion , was aflirined . It is recorded , ; nul that , is all ; foi , Ministers , relying on the support of the cx-Minis' ( evs , resolve to take no measures in consequence : . aiul as they will not he in very long , perhaps it doc ; . not much matter . The farce of imprisoning Mr . Wasiiinotoi I Wiucs for a breach of the privilege of the Housi of Commons has been played out , Mr . Wiucs beim I liberated from the custody of ( lie Serjcanl-af-Ariiis , . after retracting the libel of which he admitted him * self to be the publisher—and " payment of his fees . ' 3 The offence , which Mr . W ' ilks hud given was 11 i f publication of an article in his paper , the Carlixl . ErttmUicr , accusing Mr . Cuvk , the member ib . Hereford , of using liis influence , as chairman of
railway committee , to damage the case of one of the interested railways . Mr . Wilks has retracted the offensive ' . charge' ( of . which he was not the author )* paid his " fees , " and gone his way , Mr . Clive expressing himself quite satisfied , and the dignity of - the House being fully vindicated . But there is not an end of the matter , for Mr . Denison , the chairman of the North-Western , sends such a letter to the Times as must lie balm , or at least . Dutch drops , to the chafed spirit of the editor of the Carlisle ¦ Examiner ; " his determination , " says Mr . Denisox , speaking of Mr . Cliye , " to decide against the I * 5 " oi * th British case was so apparent throughout , and the majority of a committee so rarely stand out against a strong opinion of the chairman , that it -was clear from a very early period , that the North British Company had a very small chance indeed of success in such a committee . " ' But the great business of the week has been the attack , three times renewed , by members of . the late Cabinet on the Chaxc ' kixoii or the Exchequer , for the more than liberty that he took with their names and reputations at Slough last week . Even Lord Dekby admitted that his leader in the " other House" committed an indiscretion over his wine ; he wanted , however , to laugh the matter oil ' on that ground , hut he failed . The exhibition at Slough was too cold-blooded an affair to be set Vo the account of the " Bacchic gifts , " to which Lord Palm erst on alluded . Always as dangerous to his friends as to his foes , Mr . Diskai : i , i has managed oucc more to foul the repute of his party ; for In ; has made any decent defence of himself impossible , ¦ and to become his advocate is to he tainted with his offence . Between the loud confidence of the . charges m ade before the gaping Buckinghamshire : farmers to the 'wriggling " , shuttling evasiveness of l the defence before the Opposition of the House of Commons , perhaps a stronger contrast Mas never ¦ before seen . \ The announcement , of the deaths of Sir WiuXvm 3 Peki , and of Brigadier Adiuax . Horn gives at the first glance , a gloomy appearance to the news by 5 late mails from . India ; but although the news is J chequered , the successes of the British anny outs' weigh the reverses which it lias sustained alone or . I wo points . All is activity—and what (( eft ' iiMy js in - India in hot wc : i < hcr Mr . jirs . sr . u . of iU ^' J'hu ^ tells with a graphic force that makes one ritrrspirft , with <• the more labour of reading . All is systcft ^ t / icrniotiou '(¦ ' among 1 hc generals , - whose opuvalionsF ^ lri ^ iut ^ Qi" the bringing- of the largest forces ]) o . |» i ) b l f * M ^ u »^ Jt a the now great centres of revolt—^ tci % . piid
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Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061858/page/1/
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