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      " Thb one Idea Trhich . History exoibits as evermore developiag itaelf into greater distinctness is the Idea or Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided Yiews ; and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .

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      I VOL . II . — No . 59 . SATURDAY , MAY 10 , 1851 . Price 6 d .

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      Jl Although "the Opening" was an affair of last | j week , the Exposition is ptlll the grand subject of I talk ; the public is visiting it in huge relays , l ast I week at the guinea rate , this week at the five f shilling ; and we observe no abatement in the I interest ; quite the reverse . The universal feeling is , that the reality exceeds the anticipation ; and every class' agrees in that , manifestly because , while the general effect is beautiful and grand , every one finds in his own vocation many objects for substantial and useful scrutiny . The rising topic is the question , whether or not Queen Victoria will dispense the prizes ; and hope inclines to the affirmative . The success of the opening ceremony contributes to that hope . The royal hand would add value to the prize in the estimation of most among the competitors , and t he ministration in such a service would be a very graceful indication of the surviving uses by which Royalty might vindicate its utility in the face of the growing democracy . We see that a contemporary writer , of strong popular sympathies , declares that the Exposition is " a failure . " But he is mistaken ; and the first view of the magnificent spectacle would be sufficient to correct his impression . It is no failure , but a most instructive , visible , tangible report upon what people are doirtff in the nations ; and the universal concurrence to make it as full and beautiful as possible , shows the feeling with which it is regarded . Our first thought on surveying the rich expanse was one of gratitude that no miscalled " popular" violence had laid its hand on anything so noble ; our next , that as soon as the working classes had been able to survey it , every thought of destruction , of doubt , of d islike , would puss away , for they would see in that magnificent work the artisan , the artist , and the capitalist all combine in a real fellowship , and all recognized . Parliament has shown a little more animation and in a small way Lord John Russell baa obtained a sort of victory over the Protectionists , lhe ins and outs of thi « little contest are not very obvious to the uninitiated , though they are wmple enough . It will be remembered that last Kn < ay Mr . Hume proposed to limit the duration of the income tax to one year , with a view to a Committee oi I « persevering in spite of his friends , aided Dy tne . Protectionists , he obtained a victory ot 14 over Ministers . It wuh not expected that Lord Joiin would make u Ministerial crisis out of thin defeat ; but what then would he do ? He gave m . lwen Liberals hope something from the inquiry , and the party" is comparatively recoiiHolidated . ' 1 bo concession , however , took the Protectionists entirely by mi i prise , mid they were not prepared with any counter movement . Mr . Disraeli tried to give the cu « by insisting that Lord John had ho totally I [ Town 1 £ i > ition , 1

      shifted his' position that all the financial measures became virtually new measures , and all the questions reopened . In short , Mr . Disraeli was clearing the ground from the mistakes of the session , but the move was too refined for his party , and they could not fall in with it . After a scene of some confusion , the . House seems to have submitted to Lord John ' s condition , that if continued only for one year the income tax should not be altered ; a reserve , however , being kept open for some Protectionist suggestion in favour of the tenant farmer . The other incidents of the week are not remarkable . No interest strong enough to outlive the evening was created by Lord John Russell ' s modicum retrenchment of official salaries ; by Mr . Berkeley ' s vain and crude attempt to equalize the Poor rate throughout the country , fixing a maximum of one and sixpence in the pound , any excess to be paid out of the consolidated fund ; by Lord Naas' temporary victory towards obtaining some relief from the Excise losses of the home spiritdealer ; or by Mr . Cayley ' s vain movement to repeal the malt tax . Mr . Ellice has obtained his bill for inquiry into the Aylesbury election abuses , and Mr . Locke King ' s , to establish an audit of railway accounts under control of the shareholder , proceeds favourably . Out of doors , in the political world , the chief incident has been the meeting of the Public School Association , which was very successful . It cannot fail to give a marked impulse to the movement . Mr . Cobden made an admirable speech , specially interesting to us , since it elevated him above the mere oeconomists , whom he criticised pretty freely and sharply . Two casey in law possess some public interest . The prosecution of Charles Dickens ' s Household Narrative as unstamped news , has at length been brought to an issue by Government , and it only remains for the Court of Exchequer to give judgment . Should the judgment be favourable to the Crown , of course this prosecution will prove to be only one of a scries which must expose the restrictive effect of the Stamp tax . Should the judgment be adverse to the Crown , the tax in gone , unless Government anks additional powers from Parliament ; an attempt as unlikely to be made aa it is to succeed . The judgment in the case of the Attorney-General v . Hardy , tends , in the spirit of the day , to check the hope that the founders of religious buildings , or sects , can preclude posterity from making innovations ; ana it tandtf also to abate the central administrative power of the Wcn-Icyan Conference ; encouraging , in short , a spirit of democracy in religion . French politics are still in uncertainty . The . 4 th of May was very wet in Paris , and the lott ; to celebrate the le ^ al annivemury of 1 . 1 id proclamation of the Republic went off tjiillenly , and waa vory * ' slow . " There were few cries , the lamps would not burn , and umbrolluH were autonitihingly

      plentiful . The " incident " of the week is the double charge brought by Emile de Girardin against the two African generals , Changarnier and Cavaignac . Changarnier is charged with making a proposition to Ledru Rollin to land 12 , 000 men in England and proclaim a republic—a feasible proposition , truly ! The charge against Cavaignac is more grave . He is accused of having conspired with Marrast and Berger to overthrow the Provisional Government ; and the proof adduced is , that a " telegraphic despatch" was published in Algiers by Changarnier on the 18 th of June , announcing the downfal of the Provisional Government . This charge has been refuted by a statement of M . Lacroix , who was in Algiers , and who declares that a rumour brought from Marseilles Avas printed by the editor of the Moniteur Algerien as a telegraphic despatch . The accusation against Changarnier has not y&t been contradicted , Marshal Saldanha has contrived to revolutionize Oporto , and is now virtually Dictator of Portugal . The sudden desertion of the troops to Saldanha affords another remarkable proof of the slight tenure which binds a Portuguese army to its royal chief . He had only to appear before the gates of Oporto , by proxy , and Count de Casal found himself without an army . With a strong instinct of self-preservation the Count de Thomar at once ran away from Lisbon . What the real upshot will be is still doubtful , as the popular party have not shown themselves . The Duke , however , has been duly installed in office . Lord Palmerston has lately shown proofs of his ubiquity . The Turks feel keenly the lukewarm support they receive from England , in the desire to release Kossuth and other Hungarian refugees ; but M . Titoff , the Minister of Russia , has beaten Lord Palmerston in his own citadel , the East , and the Hungarians remain prisoners in Turkey . In Brazil Lord Pahnerston takes a haughtier attitude . The Ministry had resolved to suppress the Slave Trade , when in steps the envoy from the Foreign Office , Mr . Hudson , and demands that the forts on the coast , as well as the Brazilian cruizers , should give up their forts into our ponHesnion , and abdicate their own authority in favour of Lord Pahnerston ' s man ! The Erie canal question has become a constitutional crisis for the Empire state oi New York . Mr . Seward ' s plan of extension , at hi « own ri . sk , is found to savour of corruption . When it appeared before the State Senate , the purists , too few to control him , returned in a body , and thus delayed the project , by reducing the number of senators below a quorum . It i « the old idle story of the endeavour to protect a people against dangerous inllucncti by crippling the power of natural ability mid energy , instead of cultivating parallel powers in the larger number ; as if the progress of mankind were to be promoted by damming up the source of great men !

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      I News of thb Week— Page The Wesleyan Chapel System 437 War in the West : Kensington 442 Retired from Business 448 I Parliament of the Week 430 A Lunatia Witness . 437 Lady ArundeH ' s Appeal .. 442 La Figlia 447 I , 'i'he Industrial Congress 431 The Household Narrative Case .... 437 A Pastor and his Flock 442 Le Tre Nozze ' 447 I The Maj Meetings 432 Fa 9 t Women in Hyde-park 438 Seeing is not Believing- 442 Olympic 447 . Tlie National School Movement .... 432 ' Kibandism in Ireland 438 Litbraturb— " Professor Anderson 447 I- Continental News . 433 Crimes and Accidents 438 Kelly ' s Trip to California 443 Peogbbss op the People * Nunnerit > e in England 433 Miscellaneous 439 A Pro 3 e Homer 444 Plan of Organization 447 I A Constitutional Crisis in New York . 434 Public Affairs— Homoeopathy 414 Open Council—If Judge Lynch in California 434 The Ineom * Tax Crisis 440 Portfolio— Christian llliberality Justifiable .... 448 i m The Slave Trade and the Brazils .... 434 Paris on the Fourth of May 441 Vivian at the Exposition 445 The Land National Property 448 1 9 Personal News and Gossip . 435 "La Terre eat aux Lords . " 441 The Arts— Commercial Affairs — X The Cheshire Bailway Smaah * 436 L . Sd . D 441 Exhibition of the Royal Academy .. 446 Market 3 , Gazettes , &c 449-52 B - —¦* . — - ^____ , .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1851, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1882/page/1/