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      ^^~ Kossuth is still the hero of the day . Wider , deeper , broader spreads the manifestation of English sympathy , stretching away into the sturdy Northern districts from the central fire here in the Metropolis . Kossuth has gradually made his way into a freer atmosphere . He has been undeceived in his estimate of the value of municipalities . He has found that the English Nation is not represented by the English Corporations , but rather , as

      in Manchester and Birmingham , misrepresented by them . But the pretext of Sir John Potter and the Mayor of Birmingham will not hinder either of those boroughs from displaying their sympathy with the cause of Hungary . Most remarkable , indeed , is the progress of the movement , extending itself to all places and most men of mark in the Liberal camp . The political weight of the assemblage in Copenhagen-fields is felt all over the

      country ; the point to be noted being , that since Kossuth fairly threw himself upon the People Ins support has enormously increased . There was no mistake about the demonstration of Monday . It was such a pronunciamento of the working classes in behalf of European liberty and the rights of nationalities , as has not been made for any cause since the great meeting in behalf of the Dorsetshire Labourers .

      Not less decided will be the manifesto of Lancashire , the West Riding , and the Midland Counties . Unquestionably there is a vast upheaving of the long dormant political feeling ' of the British mind . It is not only directly serviceable to the Hungarian cause , but also indirectly serviceable to our own ; for the noble unselfish instincts and passions come into play as motives of action , and there is a rapprochement of all shades of Liberals within the

      broad circle of a generous sympathy for defeated K'eatncsH . Not only , however , in Copenhagenfields has KoKKuth this week addressed a body of Lng liHlunen . The presentation of the address of the Society of the Friends of Italy elicited from " » n a noble and satisfactory reply , delivered with a familiar ease and quiet dignity which it was delig htful to witness . lie has seen Mazzini ; they have understood each other ; the cause of Italy in

      wcojjrnixud aa the cause of Hungary ; each having & similar aim — Independence and Nationality * three reasons , therefore , the proceedings ol Kossuth this week arc important to us : first , be-< ' « uso ho has fairly nhakeii hands with the People of London ; secondly , beeim-so he has publicly acknowled ged the absolute identity of the ciiiihc of lta y and Hungary ; and thirdly , because there in now every likelihood that the sympathy of England will Hhupe itself into active measures for the rune-no ot European freedom . ¦ ulT Wll ' tlloro iH an o Pl - H ; s ( ' 1 Hungary ering under Kaiser Joseph , there is also an "" Pressed , war-ridden , and deceived Colony of I Town Edition . 1

      England in a Southern latitude , suffering under a Kaiser Grey . The news from the Cape is more disastrous than ever . Two severe conflicts , with very great loss falling on the British forces—and no decided advantage gained over the Kafirs . The Bush on the frontier literally swarming with savages ; Graham ' s Town threatened by immense masses of them , volunteers called out , and a parade of force to frighten off , and , if not , to drive off , the on-coming natives . Intelligent men are of opinion that the war is still very distant from a termination .

      The Kafirs are in excellent spirits , well supplied with ammunition and provisions , and well acquainted with the movements of the troops . Meanwhile the feeling of dissatisfaction , —to use a weak term , —increases among the Colonists . Where , say they , are the representative institutions you so ostentatiously promised us ? How long will you play the autocrat—unto the verge of what—rebellion , for instance ? It may be . Governor Smith is assuredly burying Chancellor Wood ' s surplus in the kloofs of Kafraria !

      The movement in Lancashire , headed by a respectable knot of members of Parliament , to procure an act for the better controul of the County Rates and Expenditure , is significant of the progress of true democratic ideas in middle class quarters . It is asking for popular controul over local taxation and local expenses ; a . controul which would be fatal to game laws and many other abuses . What is the Government about ? Does Sir George Grey really mean to give other than treacherous assistance to the agitators ?

      The St . Alban ' s Bribery Commission discloses too much for the repose of Parliament-street and Pall-mall . Mr . Coppock has alarmed all the bribery interest . Defences , palliations , and explaining ^ away have been as plentiful as quack advertisements . English boroughs nearly all bouifht ! this is too great a scandal—the people will actually believe it after a while . It is a pretty comedy . Mr . Coppock is the Affable Hawk of electioneering agents . JVI r . Bell should immediately rehearse for the part of Simple ; Sir Robert Garden would figure well in a tableau vivant as Injured Innocence , or Simplicity Betrayed ; and Edwards would be certain to succeed in Captain

      Mac-heath , turned Queen ' s evidence . Jesting apart , it is a ludicrous and painful spectacle this of St . Alban ' s . The oddest phenomena are that the Conservative Knight is the paladin of purity of election , the Whig Reformer the victim of electoral corruption , and the Reform Bill party its staunchest supporters and professors . Dare Lord John Russell peddle with reform after these revelations of how tin ; Whigs concoct majorities ? Louiw Napoleon ' s new Ministry have been beaten on their first proposal . The President sent a long message to the Assembly , which was read on Monday . The kernel of it . is—repeal the law of May , and vole the revision as a quid pro quo ; repeal the law of May , and " substitute a

      right fora revolutionary fact ; " repeal the law of May , and disarm the demagogues of their great grievance . At the same time satisfy legitimate interests , that is , repress political liberty , maintain the state of siege , let terror reign and call it order , keep up the army as the praetorians of privilege , persecute the pres « , and—Elect me your President in 1852 ! Another noticeable feature is the utter subserviency of French national policy to the policy of the Northern Powers ; and the evidence the Message affords of the unity of will and design existing between M . Bonaparte and M .

      Schwarzenberg . But how did the Assembly meet the proposition to repeal the hated law ? The Ministry demanded the " urgency , " and were defeated by an immense majority without a formal division ! M . Berryer was the spokesman of the Reaction , and Emile de Girardin displayed unwonted ability , as an orator , in a close and vigorous reply to the great Legitimist . The able editor of La Presse seems disposed to lead the Left . He spoke most admirably ; and if he acquire a command over his tongue equal to that he possesses over his pen , he will soon become a power in the Assembly . The next scene will be a close combat and death

      struggle between the President and the Assembly —unless , at the last moment , M . Bonaparte should give way ( Jlechir ) . Austria , diplomatically , entered the Thames Police Court , to demand that certain Italian sailors should be put under the care of the police—for what ? Displaying sympathy for Kossuth , and refusing to sail in the Austrian ships . Additional evidence this , if any were needed , of the inextinguishable hatred borne against Austria by all Italians . Of course , Mr . Yaidley properly informed the Austrian agent that English laws were not quite so repressive of personal liberty as those of the Usurper of Hungary , the Assassin of Poland , and the Gaoler of Italy .

      I be memory of Hardy , Home looke , and Thelwall annually gathers around a festal board , a body of gentlemen who have great reverence for trial by jury . Some of the after dinner speeches of this year were rather too strong for a certain portion of the company . Dr . Tauscnau ' s spirited address was too able not to be applauded , and too thorough to be wholly relished by all . Mr . Thornton Hunt was not quite so happy in his allusion to employment on waste lands and to sell-governinent . ; but elicited some hot interruption . Mr . W . J . Fox made an excellent speech on Parliamentary Reform ; and Mr . Peter Taylor won a general applause in exp laining the alliance of Italy and Hungary against the despots . Dr . Epps made a cordial and effective chairman .

      The name of Fairley , the yeoman who so gallantly defended his house against midnight burglars , who stood a regular siege , and was- only smoked into submission , deserves more ttiahr " honourable mention " for his cool courage ai ^ d cheerful daring .

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      VOL . II . — No . So . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 8 , 1851 . Price 6 d .

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      News OF the Wbek— Pa « e Owls versus Rats 10 (» l perism 1064 The Useful and the Beautiful .. .... 10 < 0 Kossuth ' s Welcome 1054 Miscellaneous 1061 Cheap Bloaters ! 1 O'J 4 Organizations of the People—Continental Notes 1037 Public Affairs— Social Reform . — " Notu 3 of a Social Chir ? es aganst the National and Money Failure of European Markets 10 o 8 The Challeng-e of Austria accepted 10 G 2 ( Economist" 1061 Parliamentary Ittformers 1 O < 0 St Alban ' s Bribery Commission .... 1059 The House of Corruption , otherwise Literature— Opkn Council , — The Kafir War 1059 the " House of Commons" 1053 Carlyle's Life of Sterling 1065 To Joseph Mazzini 10 < 1 A New Russian Martyr .... »* 1060 The Last Messag-e of the First Herman Melville 1 U 67 Homoeopathy 10 <» Darin ° - Burglary and Gallant Defence 1050 President 1063 Barry Cornwall's Sony's 1069 Commercial Affairs—The Animus of Austria 1060 Progress of Assurance 1063 Books on our Table 1069 Markets , Gazettes , Advertisements Trial by Jury 10 t ; 0 How to Deal with Manchester Pau- Portfolio— &c . 107 ^ -7 b

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      ^ y "The one Idea which . History exoibits aa evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by 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 one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Sumboldt ' s Cosmos .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1851, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1908/page/1/