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      NEWS OF THE WEEK- paoe A Character that Cannot Afford President Pierce ' s Message . 1212 Chaucer 12 K Imperial Parliament 1202 to be Libelled- 1209 Steam Navigation between Civil Law ' ""* 121 « The War 1205 Elechon Intelligence 1209 Australia and England 1213 Barnum ' . 1217 Lord Derby ' s Accuracy in Quo- Limited Liability 1209 «„ - » . «« .. « , « .. D ^ r , Tl ^ 7 . « tation .... T . . „ 1208 Ouv Civilisation 1209 OPEN COUNCIL- PORTFOLIOMi \ Bright , M . P ., and the War . 120 S Postscript ,. 1210 Last of the Preston Strttce .... 1213 Prince Edward ' s Christmas Continental Notes . 1207 public affairs The Marylebone Election 1213 Gift 1218 Brutality of a Cotton-lord 1207 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— . ¦ An Injured Augel 1208 Arbitrary Government , 1211 LITERATURE- — The New Metropolitan Coriunis- Whence the 3 ? oreigii Legion Summary .. 1214 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS—™ A ° M 1 ? M « WerS - ¦• , ™« mist ? C ^ - n - —r- — KJ Bombardment « E Russian ' Fil City Intelligence , Markets , Ad-TheMilitia 1209 The Austrian Treaty 1212 nance ... .. 1215 vertisenieuts , & p . 1220-1224

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      THE Government has passed its two War Measures , and further damaged its character : these are the facts of the Parliamentary week . The debate last night was the epilogue of the farce of the fortnight ; the point was that this ( government , which got majorities for its measures , and could afford to make no communications to Parliament , seems thoroughly contemned and distrusted in the House of Commons . Mr . Bright's masculine invective was cheered by all sides , the immediate Ministerial benches excepted . At the same time this talking for talking sak «—a debate

      followed b y no real division , and occasioned by no proposition , the declamation without action —does not present the Independent portion of the House in a position very much more respectable than that of the Government . The forcible speeches , however , may lead to action after Christmas . Messrs . Cobden and Bright will no doubt have last night made their tl mark" on public opinion ; and their addresses , together with that of Lord John Hussell , in which he indicated that the Government is earnestly attempting to patch up a peace , will lead to the impression that the war may soon end . All the Governments are fearing a revolutionary war , and are seeking to stop in time . Excepting in reference to the bill of Mr .

      Gladstone ' s about the Savings Bank Funds , the Parliament has been altogether a Council of war ; the two Houses interchanging topics , now the Militia Bill , now the Foreigners Enlistment Bill . The Lords have this week had the forme * measure under consideration , and it has passed under their protest . Lord Derlty ' s objections to it were a matter of course ; it is his business in life to object to everything proposed by the coalition . But Lord Grey ' s criticism was of valuo , for , of all the statesmen of the aristocracy , lie soems Ijp toe displaying , at present , the highest intellect and the loftiest patriotism—as a thing distinct from pnrtyism . Ho objected to the bill oa the same ground on which lie stood in objecting to the establishment of a Militia tlmt it was to creute a force which could be created

      in a cheaper and more efficient manner— "by adding to the number of regular soldiers . Ho has a belief in the " recruiting power" of the country ; and though only volunteer militiamen wilL bo sent abroad , ho appeal's to think that we could have got tho samo number ia a more direct method , while keeping faitli with tliose , on whom a moral screw is now used , who enrolled into tho Militia with no thought of things more serious than home parade . But this is arguing tho matter theoretically . We have yot to boo what Militiu foi'ce will bo got together for foreign garrison duty . Wo do know that tUo recruiting for tho Lino has , as y < et , been a failux'o ; for , doapitp all tko boasting of " 1000 a

      week , " and the ardent patriotism , it is a fact that the sum Parliament voted last session for troops has unhappily turned out to be & sum in excess—that is , we have not raised the 40 , 000 extra men . Facing that fact , it is not logical in Lord Stanley to > talk of u the resources of a people : of 26 , 000 , 000 . " The Case is probably this : the class that _ in ordinary circumstances would enlist in the Line is in the Militia , aud will now make its appearance in the volunteers . But , undoubtedly , also , the Irish " exodus" has thinned the ranks of that class who carried ttie English standard through , the perils of

      the last war . furthermore , the palpable madness of enlisting into an army whose generals carry it into Crimean expeditions , necessitating battles of Inkerman , must have deterred all but the wildest of the " boys" despised by the manly Mr . Herbert . And generally that sound class represented by the " Clerk" who writes to the 2 'imes , and which would , raise so highly the moral of the army , is waiting for temptations to enlistthe tem ptation of a career in addition to daily pay . Motives of this latter character are being at last comprehended by the statesmen who are not convinced that the Duke of Wellington was

      infallible ; and among the very first of the liberal gains derivable from this Avar is coming a Reform Bill for the army . The debates oa the Enlistment of Foreigners measure have been interesting , and , intellectually , worthy of Parliament . The speeches of Lord Palmerston and Mr . Sidney Herbert on one side , and those of Sir Bulwer Lytton ( who had a complete Parliamentary success ) and Mr . JVliluer Gibson on the other side , were true debating «^ 1 ¦ ¦ ** r * w ** r - ^ — ^ r m ^» » F « — ^* *^ w ~ - * **» flb *_* H ^ , ^ V * W 1 ^^ " ¦ V ^ V ** v ^ ^^ V * % rf r *^ few # ** ^ i *~

      speeches—keen , logical , and full of point . Lord John Hussell was tediously feeble , here and there accidentally forcible , his second speech—on Tuesday he favoured the House with two , as if ho were the Ministry—being tho best . Mr . Disraeli distinguished himself by a prolixity of style which suggests cither that his powers nro failing , or that he has a great contempt for hid audienco . And ho risked his position as a patriot by his parallel between respectable Cinias and genteel Lord Englan—Sjracuso and Sebastopol . Lord John Itussell remarked that Mr . Disraeli seemed to

      glont over the prospect of England ' s misfortunes ; and thoro is no doubt that if it wore a party benefit , Mr . Disraeli would not regret if the British army was driven into the sea . When , in tho groat Palmcrstonian Foreign Policy doltato , Mr . Disraeli ventured on a prediction similarly sinister — that England , isolated in Europo , would occasion a Loaguo of Cambrny' — Mr . Roebuck sneered that it waa , " no Englishman " who cherished that thought . The fact is that Mr . Disraeli is not an Englishman , and in that sense his disinclination to outrun ! ,

      English honour to foreign mercenaries is sufficiently ridiculous . Ho ia a cosmopolitan gontlcman , who takes advantage of tho want of a country to cultivate enlarged views . Ho hfts

      written books elaborately satirical of the institutions of England , and ingeniously constructed to obtain Christian tolerance for Jews , on the express ground that they crucified Christ . There is therefore not the slightest disguise about Mr . Disraeli ; and if the Country and Protestant party trust him and follow him , no one has a right to complain , and all that his political enemies have to do is to regret that England ' s recruiting power is so thoroughly used up that she has to hire Germans for her soldiers , and Italian gentlemen for her statesmen . Mr . Disraeli has further been unfortunate this week in his tricky misquotation of Wellington for passing purposes of debate . But Mr . Disraeli quotes Wellington as he quotes Cinias—they are both " foreigners " to him .

      Ministers , by their modified explanations last ni ght , threw some light on the Austrian Treaty and the Prussian Mission of Baron Ton Usedom . But both points are discreetly left in some con' fusion . And it may bo observed that this reticence is in strong contrast with the outspokenness of the Czar . " Would not the Emperor of Russia be much obliged to me if I told you , " sneers the Duke of Newcastle , in answer to a question as toforces put by Lord Derby . But the Emperor of Russia tells us . He is raising a new army of 800 , 000 men .

      Affairs in Sebastopol are in progress . Some sorties have been made and repulsed . Both sides aro receiving reinforcements . Both sides are suffering from the winter—tine Russians , no doubt , most . The Hussians are preparing fire-ships to scatter in our fleet . Tho Allies are preparing grand rockets to fire into tho harbour—poasibly , to set fire to the Russian men-of-war . Soon there must be something decisive . It will bo , probably , when Omar Pacha ' s army has been landed . Mr . Gladstone is suffering from his

      constitutional want of candour . Ho brought in a Ibill to amend tho administration of finances in connexion with Savings Banks , and tho funds go down one per cent ., in perplexity as to his real meaning . It is a pity that a man so nobly above all his competitors in genius and honours allows himself to bo thus , misunderstood , Why not have boldly stated to Europo , in tho present Bitting , his > vholc financial policy ? Lord Clarendon is suffering from an old sin in liis Irish administration . The sin vvna but u

      silliness ; and lie in alike condemned and laughed at , not because ho bought Mr . Birch mid tho " World" but because Mr . IJirch and tho World were not worth buying . Wg sao that nearly ull tho London morning pujwrs ( Lho Morniwj Advertiser and tUo Murtthiy Herald ^ aro vigorous exceptions ) are untliusinationlly Miniatoriul , and yot tho honourable and hi g h-minded British pi-esa , fearful of its character being lowered by tho abolition of the stump , is not in tho least ahoukud . Sir Jmncs Graham in sufl ' cring from a blunder in making a bad bargain with tho Prussians . Too much , however , lias boeu made of tho m « , Uoi \

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 23, 1854, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23121854/page/1/