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      The ¦ ¦ recess , which closes to-day , will not bung the Legislators with much recruited resources to their work next Monday . No great event has happened in the intervalj and if the indefatigable statesmen are ^ ppsed to i $ «? coj « jcg ^ , ^^ fc ^ bf ii i ^^ hit upon any new idea . They entered office as Protectionists ; they wish to stay there in a more practicable capacity ; but how forge a new commission in the face of . the wbrld ?' ¦ It is not easy to suggest a plan j hut they are trying hard to do it . At the Mansion-house dinner , Lord Derby ,

      who was received as cordially as if he had been the tamest of Whigs , put himself forward as the Minister merely of Conservative order , and roundly declared that it was not his part to disturb commercial arrangements . In Dublin , Lord Eglinton , repl ying to an address presented by Lord Roden and party , wishes prosperity to agriculture ; but says not a word of renewed Protection . Adderley ,

      practical Conservative , and Hudson , , ex-king of Railways and friend of Lord George Bentinck , both of them avowedly abandon the old ( Economical doctrine which-rallied the party in Opposition , and gave to it a distinctive political existence . They now profess to be the mere opponents of Democracy— -a ludicrous pretension which would have leen laughed to scorn if our statesmen liad retained any pride . They and their organs are manifestly making overtures to Ireland , hoping to

      take advantage of the hatred felt towards the authors of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill—which they supported . On the whole , the party has not improved its ground , nor shown signs of any maturer policy . At the Mansion-house dinner the absence -of Mr . Disraeli was remarked : Mr . Secretary Walpole was put forward as the representative of the Commons ! Was Mr . Disraeli at home , framing a plan for reducing the interest on Consols ; now at par ?

      • Out of jUors , election matters are the prominent subject ; but there is nothing to remark even thero beyond what we have already noted . The "lost notable turn of * events is to bo observed in Jrc land where further experience proves that the ^ athplic Defence Association really wields a great influence , and will send a strong body to agitate xn ™ iaittent foV a reversal of the Antipapal policy ; and as tl » e Irish party will hold a balance of power , > w operations may seriously derange the calcula-[ Town Edition . !

      tion of the more quiet Whig-and Tory competitors . On the other hand , in England , the list of Members who will lose their seats because they opposed the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill is daily receiving additions so that England and Irelaad / Y rotestant and ^ Cfltholic , will be more distinctly opp osed to each other than ever ; and enhanced sectarian bitternes $ . |^| b ( e : ^ ^ - "nlCr ^ assments in the House . i :: ^'' - : ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ' ' ^

      The " Peace" party opposition to the Militia Bill goes on , but without any real extension of the movement . The chief speakers are the same that might be mustered on the same class of subjects at any time—the Anti-slavery class , with a spr inkling of Manchester men . Mr . Cobden is facile princeps in this new movement , and he pours forth , with applause , the old statistics of his abortive financial reform campaign . He upholds

      defence of the country by merchant steamers ! And he advances Prussia as example of a superior oeconomy in military matters . Prussia has no colonies , no Indian empire , no foreign stations ; all of which , we suppose , Mr . Cobden would give up ? But Prussia has a large militia reserve , which she calls her Landwehx : would Mr . Cobden adopt that system for England ? Much might be said

      in . its favour . The Crystal Palace is the subject of a more vehement contest than we have for some time witnessed between any set of men and a Government . Lord John Manners has peremptorily closed the building , which is to be removed . This is to be done in deference to half a dozen persons—an Earl , an old lady very highly connected , and some others living near the place .

      The multitudes that still flock to the empty building prove the interest taken by the public ; but the many , the vast multitude , are slighted in favour of the very few . Meetings are held in various parts of the metropolis , to promote the retention of the building , and petitions are adopted by overwhelming majorities ; but of what use is it ? The public wish is not to be consulted : the official persons have made up their minds to obey the mandates of the half-dozen .

      Among the meetings of the week has been that of the booksellers at Lord Campbell ' s . At present we have only the case , eso parte , of those who advocate a restrictive system ; but Lord Campbell has set apart certain days next week to hear arguments on the other side . It is well known that Lord Campbell first entered into the question with a feeling against the restrictive system ; but no

      shadow of suspicion is cast upon his impartiality . The arbitration in this public manner , with a distinct statement of the case on either side , is an interesting novelty in our manners and customs , and we trust that justice will be done to it by the advocates of non-restriction , in bringing forward their best arguments . It is clear to us , however , that ; neither side has bottomed the question ; and ih ^ t whatever Compromise they may come to will but prove the step to an ulterior stage as yet wholly undiscussed .

      Among the strange reports respecting the ^ expeditions of inquiry in the Arctic regions is one published by the Admiralty , of a spectacle seen from the deck of a whaling ship in 1851—two ships , of different sizes , lying on an ice-field attached to an iceberg that was drifting southwards . The ships appeared to be quite deserted . Of the story there seems to be little doubt . The master of the whaling ship was sick at the time ,

      and he withheld orders , without which the mate did not feel justified in nearing the iceberg . In reply to this story , it is said that Franklin ' s two ships were not perceptibly different in size , and that possibly the figures of the ships were reflections of the whaling ship seen in two different facets of the iceberg . But how could the reflections of a ship fully manned , with people on the look-out , be deserted ? The story is

      unexplained . The long expected blow has at length been struck against History and Philosophy in their stronghdld , the University of France . If proofs were wanting of the secret hands that planned and guided the stroke , the names of MM . Michelet and Quinet , summarily dismissed from the rank which they have only honorarily held since 1848 , but which , till a recent decree , was inalienable ,

      would supply the key . The Jesuits have not forgotten " Priests , women , and families . " Michelet and Quinet have felt the vengeance of the pr iests , and , it seems , have not been able to appeal to the protection of the " women , " are , after the priests in France , the chief author ity under the actual regime . But not the women of " the family . " Debauchery , turned up with devotion , is the order of the day . Holy Mother Church takes turns with the Dame auso Cam . e' lias in the worship of M . Bonaparte and his entourage , whoso ardent observance of Passion week is really a lesson to young England . This desire to screw the mind of the rising generation by force of logic and algebra , and by

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      •« The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanitv-the > noble endeavour tothrowdown all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by getting aside the distinctions of ^ Religion , GotuSryT 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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      VOL . Ill No . 108 . 1 SATUBDAY , APRIL 17 , 1852 . [ Price Sixpence .

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      ^ tusWEEK- PAOB Lord Campbell and the Bookselling The N " ew Aristocracy . 370 Adam Gneme of Mossgray 375 NEWS OF THE WEEK- ^ " »¦ Association 365 The Truth that there is in He-action 371 Books on our Table 375 Letters from Pans .:....... d « j Departure of Bosas for England 365 Taxation reduced to Unity and Sim- PORTFOLIOCo ntinental Notes ...... j ..........--.-. ^ o Losaof the Birkenhead ... 366 plieity . 371 Comte ' s Positive Philosophy 375 loois Blanc on French Sociauam ... dw Matricide in Xambeth 366 Thelmproved Character of Working . The Last Day 377 Election Matters .........-.,....-.- r ™ Murders and Suicides 367 Class Contests ..... 372 THE ARTSS * ttr ^^^ ^ SS ^ ss ^ sZ SSKSMSS ? :-: " : " . ^ ~™»— ~ := S C t XbrSaT ^ ^^ 363 Births , Marriages , and Deaths 368 Taxes on Knowledge 373 AdlSrfB ^ taV ^ Z " . " 377 T ^ rd Derby at 'i ' e ' M ^ sion Honse 364 . PUBLIC AFFAIRS— OPEN COUNCIL— How Cockaine ¦ " Keeps" Easter . 378 jreland \^^ . fi ~ g ~ r *? ^^^ Subject * Co <* -8 hy te ^ The True PeacV ... 373 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSjE ^ S BurS * ST :::. 365 V ^ X ^ M ^ l ^ ¦ ' £ LITERATURE- Markets , Gazettes , Advertisenaents Sre ^ iri nAuSa .................. 36 S The Anglo-Saxon in Asia ..... ..... 370 The Restoration of Belief ..., 374 &c . 379-380

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1931/page/1/