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      ^/^ v >^ vv V v A ^ ? A POLITICAL AM ) LITERARY REVIEW .

      "The One Idea Which History Exb.I.Bit3 A...

      "The one Idea which History exb . i . bit 3 a 3 evermore developing itself into greater distinctness i 3 tlie Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down aLl the barriers erected between men 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 , having one great object 1 —the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt's Cosmos .

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      Review Of The Week— Mok 1 The New Chief ...

      REVIEW OF THE WEEK— mok 1 The New Chief Editor of 'L : v Sir William Gore . 6 / uselcy ' s . Mis- Latter-Day Poetry ¦ . ... 1123 T \ rn . wnl nnri TVfilitni'ir iiftA I PreSSe' 1113 sioil .. . 1113 onDTcni irt _ ThlliSilievolt ¦ ' ¦""' " 1107 ' Miscellaneous ..... ; lll < fc The Third Session of 1857 .. 1119 P ° * TF ° U ? ~ . ^ % « S " ¦ iiirt ( Postscript .... 1115 British Subjection - Neapolitan The Woodspnng Papers 1124 ImeS *¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ •¦•¦•¦¦•¦ - ¦ " ! Dungeons .:........ 1111 ) THEARTS-¦ ¦ IrelmidU .. ;;; :: ;; " ::: ;"' . !; . " ;; ::-: ;; . ' :. "" : " :: " mo . ' PUBLIC AFFAIRS- Representation of Fiusbury lim The Drama run Mad .... 1124 . Accideuts and Sudden Deaths ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ! . ' . ' . ' . 1111 What is the Bank Charter Act ? .. 111 ft LITERATURE- Opera Buffa .-St . James's Theatre 1125 State of Trade llll The Military Position of India . 1116 Summary 1121 ) „ ¦ " :-,. ¦ ~ ' , „„ Continental Notes ........................ llll lie - establishment of Political Beranger ' s Last Songs ..... 1120 The Gazette . 1125 OurCivilization ...... 1112 Unions ..... .. . :... lllf A Literary Biography ......... .... 1121 , ~~ „„„„ .-,,,.. ' ¦ » , „ -,- „ , „ .. Gatherings from the Law and Po- Payment of the Indian Damages 1117 Letters from Cannes and ! Nice ...... 1122 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSlice Courts 1113 The Winter and its Social Clouds 111 S < Men of the Time ... 1122 City Intelligence , Markets , & c ... 1125

      Vol. Till. No. 400.] Saturday, November ...

      VOL . Till . No . 400 . ] SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 21 , 1857 . PBiCB { gSiMPED ... |™ BNCE .

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      A Royal Proclamation Is Issued For The M...

      A ROYAL Proclamation is issued for the meeting -Tjl of Parliament on the 3 rd . The opening session , therefore , will be protracted to an unusual length , for though it will commence at the beginning of December ,- there can of course be no prospect that it will close before the usual period . Is or is there any piobability that the long session will be a lazy session . The two Houses are convened to discuss

      a subject vliich has become peculiarly urgent . The suspension of the Bank Charter Act lias rendered it necessary to apply for a Bill of Indemnity ; the Directors of the Bank of England having , under a guarantee from the Executive Government , actually "broken the statute .-which gives them their charter . It does not , of course , diminish the technical need for indemnity , that tliey were justified l ) y the necessity of the case ; on the contrary , even the circumstances under which the law has

      been suspended , necessitates proof positive that the management of the Bank had been such as to avoid the crisis wliich led to the suspension . It is much too early in the day to prejudge that question ; but there is no probability that it will really be placed before Parliament in its integrity in the earlier days of the session . Most likely Government will lay only the general statement of the case before the House of Commons , —will show that the Finance Ministers of the Crown were iustificd

      in authorizing the suspension of the Act ., and that the Bank Directors were also justified in accepting the permission thus given them ; and it may be considered that the passing of the Act of Indemnity is a matter of course . No one will imagine that members will be content to pass in pure silence the other subjects which must bo , introduced by the Queen's speech ; but probably the business actually transacted before Christinas will be limited lo the Indemnity Bill .

      TLhe next subject -which will conic before Parlialiacncnt will be the Bunk Charter Act , including the management of the Bank by its directors , the causes which have led to the suspension ,, and the degree to which the present legislation has operated oil those causes or not . This question has become greatly complicated since it was opened last session ; for our readers will remember that last summer wo hud an inquiry with a view to a Parliamentary reconsideration of the Charter next year . The opponents of the Act have gained greatly in strength by force of accidental circumstances . They - \ vill

      make the best of their opportunity ; and although we may anticipate the maintenance of the statute , we must anticipate long and / . arduous debates . " With the prospects of the winter ., both for trade and for ¦ employihent i tlie . ' state of the country' may again be one of the subjects pressed upon Parliament . We hope not ; but it is a question prolific in giving rise to other questions ; and the prospects of the winter , therefore , indicate complicated and anxious debates in the spring .

      The glorious intelligence from India last week relieved anxiety respecting the worst contingencies , but showed that work is yet to be done , needing continual reinforcements , and the outlay of large sums of money . These are subjects certain to excite great interest hi the House of Commons , even in absence of immediate provocatives ; but the formal occasions for debate will not be wanting . It is well known that the East India

      Company will need sonic support early in the year for procuring additional financial resources . Here is one series of debates . The Secretary for War will have to bring forward increased estimates ; second series of debates . ' The Friends of India , * will not only be able , hut will be impelled , to bring forward many grievances wliich have contributed to the disorders in Bengal . Altogether the debating prospects become so expansive as to fill even more than an ordinary session .

      But besides these great subjects , there will undoubtedly be the deferred question of Reform . The only thing wanting to the gentlemen who arc already agitating the question , at present with very limited success , would be a refusal of Ministers to entertain it . Tins appears to have been perceived at head-quarters , and at last we have signs that the Government hns learned its position . Their refusal would at once bring out the strong reform interest of every town in the country . The moderate public is quite prepared to expect a fulfilment of Lord 1 ? al } ier , ston ' s purpose , or some

      step on the part of Lord John Russell to supply the deficiency . We arc thus certain to have cither a RomiucK motion or a Kussell motion , probably both , with no doubt as to the importance of the latter . But t here is no real ground for believing that the Premier intends to disappoint the country ; we may therefore look for an official Reform Bill , with the consequent delates that must take place on its merits , and perhaps on its deficiencies . But there willjuc two important classes of opponents . Mr . Disraeli lias taken the position of encouraging reforms , but requiring some conditions favourable to

      the landed interest ; and he will give rise to debates on his own propositions . Another section of opponents has already found an organ in the Times newspaper , which has been writing on the subject as if it / svere inspired from some very exalted quarter . The aim is to dissuade Ministers as well as the public from attending to the subject of Reform in the session ., when subjects so important as the Bank Charter Act and India will have to be discussed . There are thus very influential opponents who are perhaps not usually considered to constitute an Opposition , that will in the coming session offer some kind of resistance , more or less covert , to the progress of the question and of the Government . In this brief and imperfect list of subjects wlucli

      are already known to be contemplated for the session , we have taken very little account of that important class which belongs to unforeseen events and unpremeditated questions , a class always more numerous where the leading subjects are in themselves numerous and important . The session will not he one of play .

      Tlie details of the latest known events in India , which were brought by the last mail , have been published at great length ; but they still leave the history of the taking of Delhi and of the relief of Lucknow incomplete . Our patience will not be exhausted by any reasonable delay ; we know the best , and that is so good that we do not suffer ourselves to be made too uneasy by speculations as to what may have taken place of a less satisfactory nature . However bitterly we may deplore the loss of so many gallant men in . the execution of the punishment justly inflicted upon our abominable enemy , yet the performance of the terrible task has called forth such magnificent examples of courage , wisdom , and of fill else that goes to make up civil and military virtue , that our feelings arc relieved by the pride we cannot help taking in their greatness . Tho whole country agrees to honour the rn . cn whose names were gazetted on Tucschiy as having been distinguished , Sir John Lawrence as u G . C . B .,

      IIa / velock and "Wilson , as K . C . B . ' s . The- country ( well says the Times ' ) accepts tlicsc ' honours' i * the men who have won its gratitude i \* -fri $ tahui & $ s ¦ ¦ . of far higher recompenses which it i ^' 6 rf ^ , JoJfip < ijji (^'^ J jL .. them for all they have so nobly oii (^ rc (|^ dMp S ^; /| , | rA " If , by anything thai could be suitl ^ huh } ^ tta ^ iftm < V H / welock could bo made mote esp » ia $ a ' jj ^ j ^ r . iA |~ t . sight of England and the world , M ^ ips &^ MJK §{ v | £ . ubiwj ' s speech at the Wiltshire Ai jQicl ^ SjgfSj ^^ i £ ciety ' s meeting at AVurmiusler , ' m T ^| k « sc ^ s ^ / 7 ?

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21111857/page/1/