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      "The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness 13 the Idea or Humanity—the nobls endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men bv prejudice and one-sided views- and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood having 011 s great object—the free development of our spiritual nature .- "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .

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      Nets of nts Wbek- Page American News 677 Portfolio— Jvew Law of Org-amzation 6 * 8 Parliament of the Week 670 Public Affairs— The Judgment of Zanuel 684 Open Council-Lord Grey versus Mr . Fairbaira 673 The Cape and the Government 671 " The Arts— English Austnamam 687 The Debates on Revision in the The Freedom of the Church 679 Vivian ^ rotat 681 The Public Creditor 688 French Assembly 074 No Peace 679 II Flauto Magico 684 Birmingham Contributions to the Blanqui 011 Thiera . * .... 7 . 7 . . " 674 Industrial School at Brighton 6 S 0 Nozze di Fig-aro 685 Exhibition 693 JSP » Wic Feasts and Shows 675 Edinburgh Annuity Tax 680 La Cenerentola .... 683 Malthus again 688 A Prudish Lord 678 Town and Country Burial 680 European Democracy Communism 683 Private Lunatic Asylum 676 The Crystal Palace and the improve- Address of the Central European Dr . Haddock and Mesmerism 688 ' Or . ing-e Riotin Liverpool 67 o ment of Hyde-par '< c 631 Democratic Committee to the Sunday in London 6 H 8 Travellers'Troubles . G 76 Mirth and Gluttony 681 Koumain Race 685 On Marriage with a Deceased Wife a Personal News and Gossip 677 Literature— Organization of thk People— SUter 689 Horrible Ravages of Cholera in Liebist ' s Chemical Letters 682 Last Meeting of the Irish D-. mo- Commercial Affaitis — Grand Canary 677 Poems by Ernest Joned 683 cratic Alliance 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 close ; Ministers have mentioned in Parliament the first or second week in August as the term at which they are aiming , and have deprecated the idea of delaying it to the middle of that month . There is a report , not entirely baseless , that the session will not last more than seven or eight days longer , though it is difficult to see how the Chancellor of the Excheq » er can uosaiuly gpt hia supplies wiilun that time . We have heard a conjecture not altogether improbable ,, though it ia supported by 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 woul ' d 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 be obtained 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 1 arliament—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 . This avowal would seem to render it impossible to proceed any longer without establishing i a proper appeal Court for such qucHlions ; it has i U , ™ K boaiin tf <> n the subject of Convocation . i ine 1 rotectioniats have made another demon- < "ration ; this week , however , proceeding upon a i real case of dwtresa . With Lord Naas na their I ¦ pokeaman , the Irish millers complain that their < uiMiness is diminishing , and they ascribe it to the I increasing importation of foreign flour . Ministers < Wilu a'Tal throuKl > Mr . Labouchero and Mr . i mem , T' * x , of tho ordinary Free-trade com- i imonjih yy . Mr Labouchore tolls the milli-ra that ) I | 1 OWN KoiTlO . N ] - r r - i t t - , . , I i i i 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 be come 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 oX 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 aa well describe the ordinary commerce of England as suppressed " for the moment at least , " because it had stopped on Sunday . His 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 chiefs , 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 ! The grand debate of the week has been that raised by Lord Derby on the affairs of tho Cape of Good Hope . We have already prepared our readeia 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 whim in oflice , which had been very grossly misrepresented by Lord Grey ; secondly , a favourable contrast of himself and lus party , as compared with Lord Grey and his party—in which he attained an easy success : thirdly , a public service on -behalf both of tho colony and mother country , in netting the affair on a proper footing . We may < h . chm ; our belief that be was as sincere in that Iuhl object as in either of tho other two , and his propel was one that would have been effectual for his purpose . Our roadcTH know that Minister * hail placed every parly to thu ilispulv in a fai . so position -I , \ wy

      - . . , 3 had provoked the colonists , whose codpera-3 tion they invited , into a posture of suspicion r and hostility almost beyond reconcilement j - they had required the Governor to do what . he declared to be impolitic , and the most eminent i lawyers in this country pronounced to be illegal , L that is , to proceed without a quorum of his council ; . and they had committed themselves to demands i 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 . The 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 Borne other Continental States , are moving with England for an international penny postage . The 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 the speeches , and the still greater novelty of dispassionate attention on the part of the members ! From the Right alone the murrners 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 : thin was to be expected , but the excessive boldness of his lauguage 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 the Republican form of government was * tho best , ami would ultimately prevail throughout the world , but that the Gospel wan essentially Republican . The opinion is by no means new ; but it is a now fact to find that declaration in the speech of . M- Coquerel . General Cavaignae asserted , llmt Monarchy was impossible , and he denied having said that the Republic existed by Divine right . Altogether , tho debate , a * far i \ h it has gone , \ h satisfactory , and shows progress in uianv things —not I lie least in the steadiness wiih which the t ' uiz of opinion acts in towards th .- nuiiiitcnuMoe of llu : Kjpuhlic .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1851, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1892/page/1/