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      "The one Idea-which History exnibit 3 as evermore developing it 3 olf into greater distinctness is the Idea ot I Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided I view 3 and by setting a 3 ide th e distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race I as one brotherhood having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humuoldt ' s Cosmos .

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      mr W Nevs of tiis Webk- Page American N " ews 677 Poems by Ernest Jones G 83 New Law of Organization 8 S 8 I Parliament of the Week 670 Miscellaneous 677 Portfolio— Open Councilm Lord Grey vers u * Mr . Fairbairn 673 Public Affairs— The Judgment of Zamiel 684 English Austnamsm 087 Mf The Debates on Revision in the The Cape and the Government .... 67 . 1 The Arts— The Public Creditor 638 mt < - French Assembly 674 The Freedom of the Church 679 Vivian JS ^ rotat 684 Birmingham Contributions to the M . Blanqui on Thiers 674 No Peace 679 II Flauto Magico 684 Exhibition 638 B £ : ' Public Feasts and Shows 675 Industrial School at Brighton ...... 6 « 0 Nozze di Figaro 68 "> Malthus ag . iin 688 K A Prudish Lord .. 676 Edinburgh Annnitv Tax 680 La Cenerentola 685 Communism 688 m Private Lunatic Asy'nin 676 Town and Country Burial 680 European Democracy / . . Dr . Haddock and Mesmerism 688 B Orange lliut in Liverpool 67 S The Crystal Palace and the Improve- Address of the Central European Sunday in London 688 W Travellers'Troubles 673 ment of Hyde-park . 681 Democratic Committee to the On Marriage with a Deceased Wife s W ~ Personal News atid Gossip 677 Mirth and Gluttony 681 lloumain Race 685 Sister 689 E Horrible Ravages of Cholera in Literature— Organization of the People— Commercial Affairs — E Grand Canary 677 Lie big's Chemical Letters 682 A Political Anecdote 686 Market 3 , Gazettes , & c 689-93

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      [ VOL . II . —No . 69 . SATURDAY , JULY 19 , 1851 . Price 6 d .

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      Soon The Session Will Be Brought To A Cl...

      Soon the session will be brought to a close ; Ministers have mentioned in Parliament the first or JBecond week in August as the term at which they fere aiming , and have deprecated the idea of delay-Ing it to the middle of that month . There is a ( report , not entirely baseless , that the session will not | ast more than seven or eight days longer , though it is difficult to see how the Chancellor of the Exchequer can possibly get his supplies within that time .

      We have heard a conjecture not Altogether iratorobable , though it is supported hy no authority It is that Lord John Russell will suddenly wind up the session on some evening unexpected , with a " declaration" of extraordinary comprehensiveness and liberality , and will announce the prorogation of Parliament for the following day ; but that immediately after the prorogation Parliament will be dissolved , and the country will be plunged in a general election . We have heard no confirmation of this

      idea , except the supposition that it would be advantageous to the Whig party ; every other party would gain by preparation , whereas the Whigs might gain most by calling the electors to the poll while still heated and excited under the influence of Lord John ' s parting- declaration . Meanwhile , both Houses are bustling on with the remains of business—pushing bills out of the way , raking supplies into the official exchequer , and displaying the usual diligence of members and schoolboys stimulated by the prospect of the break-up . Thus the law reforms—small instalments as they are of a large promise—have been pushed forward with some activity . Among other improvements which seem likely to beobtained

      this session , are the admission of evidence given by parties to a suit in their own case , and an extension of the County Courts , with freedom for clients in the choice of advocates . Lord Brougham has abruptly broken off his labours , and taken leave of Parliament—for the session only , it is to be hoped . His parting speech comprised , not only a graphic account of Chancery delays—still as fresh as everbut a remarkable confession which he was authorized to make by the members of the Judicial Committee , that they find themselves totally unfitted to deal with the spiritual questions that come before them . Thig avowal would seem to render it impossible to proceed any longer without eHtablisliing u proper appeal Court for such quentionH ; it has u strong bearing on the subject of Convocation .

      The Protectionists have made another demonstration ; this week , however , proceeding upon it real case of distress . With Lord Naaa aa their spokesman , the Irish millers complain that their business is diminishing , and they ascribe it to the increasing importation of foreign Hour . Ministers mn the appeal through Mr . Laboucbcre and Mr . Wilson , with Home of the ordinary Free-trade commonplaces . Mr . Labouchere tells the millers that LOountrit Moition . I

      their distress is caused principally by improvements in machinery , which have destroyed some of the smaller businesses , but will ultimately prove very beneficial to the trade . Meanwhile , what is to become of the , millers themselves—the men ? Mr . Labouchere seems to hand them over to ruin , with the comfortable consolation that their calamity will be compensated by the prosperity of somebody else . Possibly ; but we can hardly understand how class

      after class consents to undergo this process of ruin , when it might be prevented . It is not necessary to the march of improvement . Mr . Labouchere and the Free-traders truly say , that Protection cannot be restored ; but that is no reason why we should deliberately and purposely permit great oeconomical changes to be made , with an intentional disregard of the persons whose interests are at stake , of their welfare , perhaps of their very existence .

      Among the supplies granted this week , have been various subsidies for the Colonies—those vast possessions which might be so inexhaustibly advantageous to the Empire , but which misgovernment renders so costly . To this class belongs the £ 60 , 000 granted for the cost of captured negroes : a fraction of the sum annually paid for the support of the blockade squadron . In defence of this vote , Lord Palmerston had the effrontery to describe the slave trade as suppressed , almost everywhere , " for the moment at least . " We suspect that he might almost as well

      describe the ordinary commerce of Kngland as suppressed " for the moment at least , " because it had stopped on Sunday . Ilia speech was manifestly dressed up for the occasion , with remarkable suppressions of facts ; he spoke of the anti-slavery party in Brazil as a totally new discovery , whereas its existence was well known in this country long before the last remodelling of the British squadron ; he said not a word about recent hostilities with Brazil ; he gravely spoke of treaties with African chiofs , a notorious farce ; in short , his speech was a string of facts beautified , exaggerated ,

      softened down , or hidden , to suit the occasion . But the " independent" Members swallowed it all 1 The grand debate of the week has been that raised by Lord Derby on the affairs of the Cap « of Good Hope . We have already prepared our readers for that debate by an historical retrospect . It will not be invidious to ascribe three objects to Lord Derby—first , a vindication of his own conduct when in office , which bad been very grossly misrepresented by Lord Grey ; secondly , a favourable

      contrast of himself and his party , as compared with Lord Grey and his party—in which ho attained an easy success : thirdly , a public Kcrvice on behalf both of the colony and mother country , in wetting the affair on a proper footing . Wo may declare our belief that he was as sincere- in that last object as in either of the other two , and his proposal was oue that would have been effectual for his purpose . Our reader * know that Ministers had placed every parly to tho dispute in a fal : ; o position —tb *\>

      had provoked the colonists , whose cooperation they invited , into a posture of suspicion and hostility almost beyond reconcilement ; they had required the Governor to do what he declared to be impolitic , and the most eminent lawyers in this country pronounced to be illegal , that is , to proceed without a quorum of his council ; and they had committed themselves to demands which they could not enforce . Every party was thus incapacitated from proceeding . Lord Derby

      proposed to refer the matter to a select Committee of the Lords , and to settle the Cape Constitution on the basis already indicated by Ministers , through the instrumentality of a bill originating with that Committee . Lord Grey obstinately adheres to his own plans , slightly modifying them in hopes of thus being able to get on ; and the dread of movement or change induced a majority of the Peers to shield him from the Derby intervention . The affair thus remains where it was .

      I he Lords have distinguished themselves by rejecting Lord John ' s Jew Bill—which is something worse than a Ministerial defeat ; for it is the refusal of justice , the defiance of an influential party . Out of doors there has been little doing ; the principal events being divers banquets , such as that to the Agricultural Society at Windsor , and that to the Exposition Commissioners at Liverpool . At the latter , Henry Cole made the important announcement that ( unofficial ) representatives of Prussia and some other Continental States , are moving with England for an international penny postage .

      I he revision debate in the French Assembly opened on Monday . Though the main topic has already been exhausted in the Commission , yet there is the novelty of authenticity about tho speeches , and the still greater novelty of dispassionate attention on the part of the members ! From the Right atone the murmers and interruptions arose . This is a striking change . Of course the question of revision itself is exactly where it was ; but the debate has brought out some opinions very distinctly . M . de Falloux condemns the Republic as the author of all evil : this was to be expected , but the excessive boldness of Ins language imparts a piquancy to the reiteration

      of a worn-out assertion . M . Coquerel , renowned as a Protestant preacher , created a much more lively sensation , when he asserted his" belief , not only that tho Republican form of government was the best , and would ultimately prevail throughout the world , but that the Gospol was essentially Republican . The opinion is by " <> means new ; but it is a now fact to find tlmt declaration in the speech of M . Coquorel . General Cavaignac asserted , that Monarchy was impossible , and he denied having said that tin ' . Republic existed by Divine ri ^ ht . Altogether , the debale , ; u far as it has gone , i . s Hati . snu-tory , and shows progress in innnv ( flings — inu tin ; ha ' t . in the steadiness with whL-li the tide of opinion . sets in towards tho maintenance- of Hie Republie .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19071851/page/1/