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      / Ministers ii ^; iM ^ eeded thus in earlier ^ stages ^^^ r 6 er , ; t 0 a ;; i 3 M » tfeeili % :: nio ol > - ; Btruction Has arisen ; those pfHheinu w ^ .. ^ Bti&tai ^^ l ^^^ W ^^^^^^^^ W ^^^ of a trading countryr jjpStmatters of" tr ^ de , thieyj enter upon the possession of office , and the country scarce takes heed of the event . They may well fear for the possibilityof restoring their

      master principle , when its champions are as harmless as flies in the regard of the public . Opportunity cows them , and their j ^ addiesses , with one exception , are an amusing avoidance of the very subject that they were expected to . ^ xpound ! ; The f ' 6 _ e exception / ' who 'has uttered * the compromising , words , is Robert Adam Christopher , a guest of M ; Bqnapirte the other day , now Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . He has , in

      effect , told the farmers of Lincolnshire , that he has accepted oifice on the . distinct . conviction that the free-trade policy will be reversed . So far good . Mr , Benjamin Disraeli is more oracular in his announcements , but scarcely less significant . He hopes , at ' * '« ^ dista . iit day , with the concurrence of , the country ^ to establish a policy "—not of protection , but in conformity with the principles of the Opposition .-. ; Mr . Henley has shown even more tact than , his leader . A simple , clear , barren statement of the plainest facts , respecting the exit of the late vi iue iate

      , and the entrance of the nresent , and the entrance of the present ministry to power , suffices for him . He says nothing * of policy for near or distant days . He is mute . Sir John Pakington is quite as reserved . Each and all , except Mr . ^ Christopher , avoid pled ging themselves to restore protection j and the public are as far from knowing the real intentions of Ministers as they are from seeing the North pole . J b ¦ 111 ft . " PllriYlfM AamLa . I *_!_ __ 1 i J . _ T _ _ rf * ll _ in striking contrast with the attitude of the

      Mnustor candidates is that of the guardians of tree trade . The Anti-Corn-League has re-establish ed rtself at Manchester , and re-exists in full possession of a staff , an exchequer , and a Cobden . « boasts of 27 , 000 / ., subscribed in twenty-five nainutos , and of the " unadorn ed eloquence" with prestige added to all its original vigour . Peel waeed has gone ; but instead of Peel , there is the people , which has learned the practicability and » iessings of unrestricted trade in food f while Pro-[ Town Edition . !

      tection has lost all the ablest men , with one or two ; illustrious Exceptions— .-has lost the great body of agricultural iabourers-r-has lost the confidence even of ftungaers . At Manchester the League reexists ; viv | d > wealthy , ( organized , ready , uncompromising * - At Aylesburyi Mr ; IHsra ^ i is ^ eip licit , unready , not uftrompromw ^ 5

      0 ^ : " MM J a > liH _ rintf Ihe ^ siameequivoSl ^ aan ^ r— save Ghris-^^^^ m ^^ : 0 , 0 h ^^ m liiJHl ^^ Ithat after all bjs colleagues realty are : Protectionists — - when everybody thought they were only shamming ! And yet , somehow , instead of being frightened at Christopher ' s indiscreet disclosure , people only laugh the more .

      Certain Protectionists , indeed , are beyond tempering ; and the Standard— -which could not believe in Peel ' s defection , which has itself counselled deliberation in restoring Protection , which cordially believes with Christopher that the policy i 3 to be restored ^ -is very indignant at the insolence of the Anti-Corn-League in reexisting ; and it threatens the manufacturers with a social revolution of Labour against Capital .

      Strange to s 4 y , the prophetic Standard is not far wrong in fact , though it is . in spirit . The social change has not only begun , but has already made no small progress ; as our readers will find from the proceedings of the Amalgamated Engineers . A meeting was-held at St . Martin ' s Hall , on Thursday cventfig ^ to which the council of the society had invited , not only their own trades , but all the trades of the metropolis , with a view of forming a general union , and of carrying on

      with increased vigour the experiment of self-employment in co-operative workshops . The great hall was crammed in / fivery part with working men , representatives of ^ metropolitan trades ; representatives of those grades sat on the platform ; on the same platform were several leading men of the Social Reform party j the chairman was Vansittart Neale . The meeting was unanimous , riot only in its votes , but in the feeling that was manifest in the interesting field of human countenances , in the

      spontaneous cheers that came quick and ringing from ' the breasts of the working men , on the instant recognition of eVery pregnant fact advanctd by the speakers . The cruel effects of " cheapness , " its debasement of the working men and their dependents , its cheating of the purchaser in " scamping" work > were exposed . It will be perceived , however , that the object of these men is , as one of them said , " not destruction , but construction . " That in the point on which this contest differs

      from others : it seeks , to be self-supporting by being reproductive . . The fairness , the ability , the moderation , displayed by the man who ought to be one of the first members * that any working constituency puts into Parliamexit—the high and dignified sentiments put forth by the other speakers , could not be surpassed- —^ are seldoni equalled . - In a ^ chivalrous courage , an unselfish generqsity , a desire for the genera ;! good even more than individual gain , the working men set the true example to the degenerate " gentlemen" of our day ,- Here lies their strength :, such men cannot be vanquished .

      An infusion , of that generous spirit is needed to make more than one political movement advance with equal vigour .. The . Parliamentary Reform Association had to contend with an untoward division of councils in that same hall the night before . ¦ The Association is practical in its views , its leading men are active and steadfast , some of them are bold and generous in sentiment ; atid yet it failed to possess that perfect mastery of the ground which the Amalgamated Society possessed .

      We know that the contrast does scanty justice to the real promoters of the movement : but it is inevitable , It appeared from the reports of the delegates of the provincial associations that much active business is done by the society , * it is acquiring a useful influence ; but its influence is not absolute , its business funds need recruiting . Its source of weakness is to be found in the mote timid portion of its members , who evidently hold it back . Its success is always proportioned to its boldness : it was a remarkable characteristic of

      the best speakers—we mean the most practical and hearty of its delegates , as well as its more professed orators—that they were almost uniformly the furthest advanced , many of them avowedly < l Chartists . " What does that mean ? what does it not indicate ! The " intimate personal friend" of our Tory Foreign Secretary has been very busy carrying out " another free and sincere expression of the people ' s will , " as the elections of Government

      nominees are called , in the fine * jargon of Napoleonism . " No compulsion , only you must , " familiarly describes the operation . On this occasion , however , it is only fair to say that the cynicism surpassed the hypocrisy of the proceedings . Lying is now a sacred principle of government in » France , When the Jesuits shall have fairly got hold of the education of the country , this " sacred principle" will of course be applied " ad majorem Dei gloriam . " For the present , it

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      ' MCWft Or THE WEEK— * 3 ST "S A Water Bevolation 222 What Europe may Expect from Mi-. Gladstone ' sBejoindertoNaples . 231 pSftltf \* tosa ^ fo « tf <"' 214 Mjscellaneous ... . 223 Free Italy . 227 Boots on our Table . 231 The tea « tteA «* , B »» en AgaSn , .... 216 Healthx > f London during the Week 224 An " Iflcumbentj" one who En- onnTFrti in—S £ m SsSSSt ^ Z ? . 77 \ ' . . . liT Births , Marriages , and Deaths 224 cumbers 227 uf , ?!„ , «« * # ¦ TTom « 231 XetSfrom P ^ . ^ r .. : ' . 218 MM Statement 224 Hint to Loms Napoleon 227 WoSnotWait ^ " ^ Continental TSfoU' . *! .. .. . '• 219 - Fashionable Pulpit Terrorism . 228 Work , not Wait . louis Blanc and-lfewnii 219 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- The Priends of Italy ... . 228 THE ARTSProgress of Association 220 t Lord Perb / s Tenure of Office . 225 Social Beform ' 228 Farewell , Dejazet ! . ^ , 233 Ireland .,. * £ .. * . £ . ' • • , > 222 ^ Imprap ^ bility of the Old £ Pro- „ fl Pilgnmage ^ to Turner ' s Cottage 228 The Marionettes .... 233 T ^ cSTS co ^ niee " IS , '' ' * && *»* SS form ^ " "» . , UTa £ V ' RE- COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS- . NationOefences ? " * . .. . 222 1 ' Louts Bonaparte ' s Tory ^ Fnend in Science and Scripture . . . 229 Markets , Gazettes , Advertisements , Stova ^ and'L&muin . . " 222 ' " , ± t tl ? Fo * reign Office ' * " % 226 „ Nicaragua 230 &c . 233-236

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      ¦ ¦ i I • The one Idea -wrhxeh . History esdubits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humatd ^ y—the noble endeavour to throw down , all ^ the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-aided views ; and by setting aside tHe distinctions of Religion , Coimtry , and , dolour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spmtual ., _< , * . - »¦> JM ^ e /' —2 & »» & 0 /_ rt Cosmos . t *•> > * 3 vi . & } * t . > i n # x

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 6, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1925/page/1/