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      " The one Idea vmich . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the nob'e B ?^? a i ^ ° ^ to throw down airthe b arriers erected tetween men by prejudice " an . a one-sid . ed views ; and , by setting asiae the distinctions or Religion , Covuitry , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the ficee development of our spiritual nature . "—Kvmboldt ' s Cosmos . . -x 7 / .

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      VOL . VII . No . 339 . ] SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1856 . Price { K ^^ ::: IK ^ '

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      "VTEVEIt , perhaps , did the world present itself -LY more in the light of a toy for imperial and royal play than at the present moment . The grand feat of the coronation pageantries at Moscow consists in the befooling of the outer world , and of jsome clever competitors , by Alexandes II . N " apoueon III . sits by the side of his lovely Empress , amusing himself with the adroit killing of bulls by Spanish bull-fighters . And Ferdinand of Naples is getting up the grand soldiering display against the threats of the Western Powers , which threats he believes in even less than we do .

      And all the while the world , the great nations of living souls , who have intellect and heart , aspirations and necessities , remain wondering what these mighty players intend to do for them . " The Czar is the Lord ' s" anointed , says Mr . Wiixiam Russeuo , the prince of ' gentlemen connected with the press ; ' for it is the greatest honour that Alexander II . has received , that his coronation has specially attracted ' our own correspondent . ' The same brilliant pen which described the mode of battering down the Cza . b ' s

      walls at . Sebastopol , now paints for us the gilding and the glitter which the same Czae nas managed to get up for his own coronation , at Moscow . Everybody knows Moscow town—its semi-oriental architecture and its irregular plan ; but everybody does not know all the costumes of all the tribes over whom the Czar presides . We might conceive a very fair idea of the whole pageantry if we can recal any of the grand pieces at Astley ' s —Tlie Fair Princess of tTis White Ilbrse , with the procession of all her subject tribes . They used not in simple days to be particular about chronology at Astley ' s ; anything passed , if it brought out

      the police to count the men who would be his assassins .. . - : '¦¦ ' ' ¦ : ' . . \ ; - ' '¦ •" ' / The position of Naples 5 s strange and not altogether clear . We will first state the facts . It is well known that the Western Powers addressed to Naples such a remonstrance as might be filtered through the fine tissue of Count " Walewski ' s diplpmacy . It was of course a remonstrance not likely to strike with the effect of a thunderbolt . King Feiudinand is in a position whicl perhaps no monarch of Europe can parallel : he has imprisoned , alienated , or frightened away the

      respectable men who are usually choseii for the advisers of a king ; he has around him the refuse of such classes as furnish statesmen ; they are persons who take their tone from the dictate of a man who is notoriously an idiot . We are therefore more correct than in any other case when we speak of the King and the Government as the same thing . The Xing replied , in a note which , the Times has described as " pert and insolent . " The note has been more minutely described in a German paper , and the adjectives of the Times are within the mark . After he had sent that note , he showed it to some of his German advisers at

      Naples ; they were alarmed at the outrage upon , royal decorum , and they advised him to send an apology . He did so , praying that if there were any offensive expressions in his note , they might be considered to be withdrawn . The Western P owers consulted , and they agreed upon a note in which they told the King that they paid no attention to his improper language , but that they did not find in his apology any assurance for that better government which they advised him to adopt . These are the facts . It appears to ho

      for ? Alexander II . said his prayers , as he is presumed , always to say them ; put a gewgaw upon his head ; touched the Empress ' s bead with it , and then caused a smaller gewgaw to be put upon hers ; kissed his family all round , and it was over . ' - ¦ v . ¦ ¦ . ;• ¦ . ' ... ¦ ¦ ; "¦' , ¦' . ¦ .. '¦ ¦ ¦ ' . - . - '¦ " The coronation was adorned with the customary act of grace , only this time the act is of rather a comprehensive kind . The Emperor remits arrears

      of taxes to the amount of 24 , 000 , 000 roubles ; he will suspend recruiting for four successive years ; he grants immunities to Jews , Poles , and various other somewhat oppressed races and classes ; and he undertakes to invoke the blessings of Heaven on all his subjects—a promise which , considering his eminently exalted position , will no doubt he accepted by multitudes of Russians as the highest favour of all .

      And it was for this we sent Lord GEANViiiLE with an expensive retinue to ^ Russia ! Louis Napoleon knows the way to the hearts of the Spaniards . We send ambassadors to lecture them , our papers write about the barbarism of the bull-fight ; Louis Napoleon marries the daughter of a Spanish grandee , and sits to witness a bull-fight , enjoying the sport . Moktpensier could not have done it better . Spain already begins to regard itself as in some degree the protege of France , and parties look up to the arbitration of that man who never lets people into the secret of his purpose until it is felt . Inscrutable are the ways of Napoleon .

      The fact has come out , however—has been broadly stated in the columns of our ministerial Globe—that the Emperor has not approved of the conduct of his Ministers , but particularly of his Foreign Minister . This is the second time of & difference . It will be remembered that we intimated when the dispute occurred on the first occasion . It seems that while the Emperor was

      considered that the King will be alarmed at lus position , and will give way . He would do so , probably , if the advice of Baron Htjbner , the Austrian Plenipotentiary , should prevail ; because Austria will see that if he perseveres , it Is likely enough to lead to a , revolt in Naples—a revolt in Naples would spread to Calabria , Sicily , Romagna , perhaps Tuscany , certainly Modena , Parma , Lombardy , and Venice . Austria cannot wish that . We think that the King will persevere , and we think bo on one ground : he has not enough intellect to understand the reasons why lie should not . Tho jargon about ' the indc ^ - ' pendent rights of kings' he will accept litonilly , and he will go on . If he should do bo , it i ? ntW mated by journals which speak as if on autfi rifefe —the Times and the Globe—that the W 6 B ; erirf < # m ^ ri <*< ¦

      at Biarritz , things were done of which he afterwards disapproved . Nor is this remarkable . The French Government prohibited the collection of the subscription set on foot by Signor Manin for the artillery of Alessandria—of that fortification which Piedmont has been forming to counteract the aggressive fortifications of Austria . Napoleon has disapproved of the prohibition , and has caused it to le taken off " . Is ho then anti-Austrian ! The simple question proves how completely ho has made himself a riddle to the world , What ho is to France is proved by the constant eflbrts of

      all the helmets , all the gold , all the robes , all the bows and arrows , and the guns , and the swords , and the cocked-hats , the feathers , the spangles , and tlie dancing-girls , the priests' gowns , the monks' hoods , and though last not least , all the horses . Exactly of tho same kind was the display at the coronation ; the grand difference being the enormity of the cost , which has certainly been understated at one million ; for oven if the Czar spend no more , all tho courts who sent their ambassadors , all the tribes who sent their chiefs , all the visitors who have flocked to witness , must have spent immense sums besides . And what

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      REVIEW OF THE WEEK— page £ Civilization ........... .... 896 The Philanthropic Congress at Napal « on in Russia .... 907 The ^ orMng Classes Englaud and ^ . ¦ . p ^ S ^^ S *?^ ¦ . » -.. : iS ^ SSSS ^^ S ^ S iZ ^^^ <§ S . ^ SSSSStt g ^^ rri tS stetefeyade ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: s& feS •¦ - ¦ •••— §» News for cayenne so * _ _ _ . . - ¦ ¦¦¦ * The Coronation of the Czar ............... 891 -. Postscript .... 900 OPEN COUNCIL- THE ARTS-^ J jf ^ artist Gathering 892 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- The Order iu American Disorder ... 904 ffijf lg >• : «» America ... 893 Coronation Policy , 900 xneatncai JHotos ..... ..... 903 TheOrient . , 894 , Beverend Abduction * ' irrove- ' . LITERATURE- nu , v- ?* ' — Ireland .....: „ . 894 rend Deduction 901 Summary 905 Tho Gazette 909 Continental Notes ...... .... ^ ............ 894 The Panics .....: ... 901 Pictures of German Life ..... 908 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSAccidents and Sudden Deaths .. 896 The Chartists and the Charter ...... 903 A Matter-of-Fact Metaphysician ... 900 City Intelligence , Markets , &c ........ 909

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 20, 1856, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2159/page/1/