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      VOL . IV . No . 151 . 1 ~~~ SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 12 , 1853 . [ Price Sixpence

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      THE first evening on the opening of Parliament was particularly quiet in both Houses , hut there was a marked contrast in the proceedings of the two . In the House of Lords , Ministers were for the mo 3 t part silent ; the Lord Chancellor only announcing a series of Law Reforms , partly anticipated by Bills which Lord St . Leonards introduced at the same time . Frivolous questions put by Lord Derby , to trip up Lord Aberdeen , began the Session for the Conservative ProtectionSl ^ tv , in a manner far from imposing . In the House of Commons , Lord John Russell delivered a short speech announcing the intended measures of Government for the session , with very little of comment . There is to be no Reform Bill : " It is a subject which requires considerable preparation ; " and time presses for the re-discussion of the Income-tax . But Lord John hints at a measure , after the Election Committee shall have reported , for the better prevention of bribery and corruption . The measures which he more positively indicates are these : — Tbe Estimates , with a money increase in the Naval and Military branches ; but not an increase of men . A Bill enabling the Canadian Legislature to dispose of the Clergy reserves . A Bill on Pilotage , with a statement of Ministers ' views in regard to the Shipping interest . A Committee of the whole House to consider the removal of Jewish disabilities . A Plan of Education , " which will tend to great improvements , " and " promote the cause of education throughout jA \ o country . " A " Proposition" with respect to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge , their state , discipline , studies , and revenues . A measure relating to Education in Scotland . A measure to abolish Transportation to the Australian Colonies .. A proposition with , respect to the system of secondary punishments . Law Reforms by the Lord Chancellor , especially with regard to the tenure of land in Ireland ; the select committee Bills on Tenant Right , now before the House , to be continued . In the commencement of these measures there was a studied plainness and calmness , and no discussion followed . It is evident , that Ministers intend business , and if they adhere to that determination , they may render it difficult for more

      impatient individual members to interrupt the course dictated by the Executive . Just before the meeting of Parliament , the honorable Lumber Troop of the Protection Volunteers , the Society for the Protection of Native Industry , held a final meeting in Bond-street , at the celebrated No . Seventeen , in order to break up the corps . With the Duke of Richmond for its-President , and Mr . George Frederick Young for the Chairman of its Acting Committee , the Society really comprised the remaining body of genuine Pwrtectioiuata , ^ hoae principle was abandoned by its most distinguished leaders , when Mi . Disraeli and Lord Derby gave up Protection in favour of " unrestricted competition / When it declares itself beaten ; therefore ^ if effect ually extinguishes the substantive remains of the protectionist body . It thus deprives the Opposition in Parliament of its distinctive mission , and leaves it now only two functions— " resistance to the Democracy , " which is headed by Lord Aberdeen ! and general criticism . Such a condition of the minority on the left hand of the Speaker , will probably be very favourable as an opportunity to Mr . Disraeli , but it must tend greatly to weaken the resistance to the measures of Government . Some members have been down with their constituencies towards the close of the recess , showing forth ideas more or less striking . Sir Thomas Winnington has been fraternising with the Liberals of Bewdley , and Mr . Oliveira has alternated Pontefract with the law courts . At Oldham , Mr . W . J . Fox , receiving a testimonial from a parly of ladies , lias looked forward to the time when women shall take a more direct share in political affairs ; and , at Halifax , Sir Charles Wood , recognises the claim of " his friend , Bob Wilkinson , " a non-elector , to the attainment of the franchise . Statesmen live and learn . The working-men have held their adjourned meeting at Drury Lane Theatre , in behalf of the opening of the Crystal Palace on a Sunday , as a means of intelligent recreation . The advantage of such recreation is now recognised even by Cardinal Wiseman , who attends at the Leeds Catholic Institute , and delivers a lecture on the progress of science ; of which he represents the Pope as the grand patron . The lecture is an amusing puzzle , which the hearers might put together in var ious forms , according to their own pleasure . But the demand of the London working-men is grave one , and ought to be satisfied . It hft » »!„

      ready been explained that the sole obstacle is an old Act of Parliament . The Administration would willingly permit the insertion of a clause to open the Palace on Sunday , if it depended solely upon the officials ; but the abrogation of an Act of Parliament may make it more difficult . There * is no doubt , however , that the weight of public opinion will be in favour of the measnre , and it will only need perseverance to carry it . It is a great jump from our own quiet agitations to the renewed outburst of insurrection of Milan , if not in other parts of Italy . Every post is watched with anxiety to throw further light upon the movement . The readers of newspapers must receive the reports with caution , since they are transmitted through channels which will endeavour to represent the insurrection as being kept under , or finally suppressed , in spite of the facts . The very existence of Imperial thrones may depend upon keeping peoples in ignorance of the truth . If it were known in Hungary or Bohemia , for example , that an insurrection had been maintained in Lombardy , even for a few days , the difficulty of keeping down the people in these provinces would become very great . Hence the Austrian authorities will use every exertion to stop the ears of the Hungarians arid Bohemians . It is impossible that the suppression of truth should succeed altogether . The proclamation of Kossuth to the Hungarian soldiers in Italy , calling upon them to act with the Italian people , with his promise of practical advantages should the rule of the national party be restored in Hungary , is very likely to have an effect . The Austrian army in Italy , or no small part of it , may thus be converted into an Hungarian army fighting on the side of the Italian people . Mazzini is present in Milan by his proclamation , and his personal activity is discernible in the conduct of the insurrection . Austria has in vain endeavoured to exclude the leader of the Italian people : he passes her lines with facility , as he has so often dtfne before . The conduct of the French troops in Rome is also watched with solicitude . Should Italy be once more roused , it might be the means of releasing France from the bondage under which she groans . Were France , Italy , and Hungary once to take their stand independently , Germany must follow ; and then the armies which have before suppressed the insurrection by combination and concentration , on one point after Another , will find

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      — - — - EasttaaOT - .- ^ r ir .. ^™ - The Week in Parliament .... 146 count . 164 > The Confessional of the Cardinal ... 158 Insurrection at Milan 147 Police-Bole 16 * Mr . Cobden and the Press 159 Letters from Paris 148 Sacred Pigeons 164 Continental Notes 149 Murders I jj * OPEN COUNCILThe Burmese War 150 Miscellaneous 164 ml _ T * ^ i inn Foreign Troops in Italy 160 Healtfcof London duringthe Week 155 The Aohilli Case-The Law of Libel 160 The Shilling Subscription in Aid of Births , Marriages , and Deaths 155 The Baptures of an Anglo-Bona-European Freedom 150 . partist " Convert" 160 Church Matters . /„ ... .- 151 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— Friends of Italy *«> Protection Winds Fp ite Affairs ... 151 ru ° * ¦ *¦!„** -. ¦ 156 5 ^ SS 5 S = rss = "z : 3 f ^ rH ^^ SS ¦ ¦ v ™*™— ¦ Boman Catholicism and the Pro- HowtoOpatafuie the Jti « of wages . u » Spontaneous Combustion . Two Letgress of Science * :..... 153 D ^ ^ ^ "ff ^ ffi ? 167 tors to Charles Biekens-No . II . 161 American Affairs 163 English Roman Catholics ? 167 " * " — - ——

      Currer Bell ' s New Novel 163 New Books 164 PORTFOLIOThe Young Crusaders 165 Copenhagen lfl 5 THE ARTSBavel and the New Pieces t 165 Haymarket Theatre 166 Mr . Ella ' s Musical Winter Evenings 168 The British Institution m 166 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSMarkets , Advertisements , &c ... 168-167

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1973/page/1/