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      fTIHE news of the present week certainly does not JL improre the position of our Government . "We cannot say of it , Nihil tetigit . The events which come before us are a painful commentary on the universal meddling and muddling . The Swiss settlement , which now seems to be settled , is arranged apparently much as our Government intended , bat not hy our Government . The arbitration has slipped out of our hands . The termsthe quasi-simultaneous surrender of the prisoners

      by Switzexland , the abandonment of King Frederick William ' s feudal lordship of the Cantonare whatS-witzerland suggested sometime back , and what our Government supported ; while France rejected the proposal , as likely to be not accepted hy Prussia . It dropped . It is now revived as an original suggestion by Prance , and accepted all lound ; thus our illustrious ally appears as the dictator and arbiter , England sinking to a second place . How much tliis is like the position infco which England consented to be driven in the Crimea , where we did the work , and France marched in the

      van to take the glory . Naples and Piedmont arc contrasted commentaries on our intervention on behalf of Italy . With Naples we c remonstrated / and threatened actual interference : what is the effect ? King Feb-DINand cannot safely walk the streets , board his own war-ships , or go to the theatre . The war-ship almost explodes under his feet—he has scarcely left it before at docs so ; his powder magazine is rattled

      about Ms cars ; one of his own soldiers raises the bayonet against him ; it is only a system ol espionna / fe that makes him feel safe in his army . Governed by a King Log , who oppresses without guiding them , the Neapolitans sutfeT , and run away ; not because they arc the cowards they aTO said to be , but simply because they have no guidance in tlic course to take . That is where we have interfered .

      Piedmont asked us to support her in the Congress of Europe ; yvo listened to her , ; uul talked for her , and there it ended . But , us King Vioion Emmanuel tells his subjects , " the question of Italy has been brought- before a European Congress by an Italian Power . " His constitutional rule prospers , He has conferred a free , press on Italy ; ho is carrying out reforms , and the thriving of the Sub-Alpiiio kingdom is an example which the other Italian provinces will not fail to emulate sooner or

      litical economists to explain , how it can be—politicians to reconcile it with reasonable gdvernm . 'ent . The unemployed working men of London have met to form a " National Association of the "Unemployed . " "What an institution to exist in a civilized country , in the midst of ' prosperity ! ' Great merchants , great speculators , great contractors , even farmers , are making fortunes , while 26 , 000 of the building trade , in London alone , are out of work . The working men do not meddle with political or economical theories ; they take the bull by the horns in a fashion thoroughly English and

      likely to be effectual . Not that we expect employment to be provided for them on the waste lands , — that would be too like a theoretically correct procedure for our Government . IB at when the leaders of the working men tell them to go to the Poor-law for present relief—to take the loaf which is given , and go back for another when it is eaten—they do seize hold of the lever which we haTe long since pointed out as the one which is offered for the use of the working man—a proper use of the Poor-law by the governed as well as the goTcrnors . The meeting shows that the working classes are beginning to move .

      The Income-tax movement also goes on favourahly . Sir John Pakington ' s declaration amongst his own constituents shows that leading men iu the Opposition see the policy of c&nneetiug themselves with the movement ; and the persons associated " for promoting the interests of trade" in London testify to the interest wMch the middle class take in the matter . There is to be a great metropolitan meeting on Wednesday .

      are now claiming direct intercourse with the supreme authorities at Canton , as a treaty-right—the treatyright having slumbered for thirteen or fourteen years . By a lucky chance , it is reported , three Americans have had . their heads cut off in mistake for three Englishmen . The mistake was slight . No doubt if the men had been Englishmen , they would have suffered quite as much hi the process ; and the men who slaughtered them obtained exactly the same price for the Anglo-Saxons that they would have obtained if they had been Englishmen ; but the mistake has had the effect of rousing Yankee indignation to take its place alongside of English indignation ; and England and America are thus allied to break through the barriers which keep them out of the Chinese Empire . The fact that the Americans have been beaten off in the attempt to revenge another and more wanton attack , will but arouse their indignation to a higher pitch : it is a fact most fatal for China .

      The East India and China Association of London makes hay while the sun shines , coming forth with propositions for a greatly extended enterprise in China . Direct intercourse with the authorities of Canton is not enough for them they must have also direct intercourse , through an ambassador , with the Imperial Government at Pekin ; more ports opened , besides the five already allowed ; freedom of trade for the Chinese at Hong Kong , and access to the . great navigable rivers . And Lord Palmeksxon's Foreign Secretary appears , by the answer through Mr . Hammond , ready enough to take up these advanced principles . The Americans have already been observing that the Russians arc before us in Pckin and Chusan ; and it is quite possible that these two members of the Anglo-Saxon race , who were not long since placed in hostility to each other by our oiuciul quibbling , may now be moving side by side against our recent enemy Itussia in the region of China . A formidable word has been boldly put forward by the Times . It is avowed that there is a great , deal of distress in the country , notwithstanding the ' prosperity . ' The fact is obvious . We leave

      po-The public meeting of the manufacturers in the boot and shoe trade at Northampton is another illustration of our ' prosperity . ' Prices arc rising in the markets of the world , and hence the raw material of boots and shoes becomes dearer and dearer . This dearth has been increased by the reckless destruction of beasts in Brazil , ' by tlic war with Russia , by the diversion of industry from cattle-breeding to gold-digging in Australia , and by some other causes . But there is a diiliculty in raising the prices of the trade correspondently with

      Later , especially if Cavotjr should be able to carry out that course of free-trade which is expected from him . But what have we done to help them ? Turn to the more distant part of the world—Canton . Our Hong Kong authorities have suffered themselves to be entangled in small questions about boat licenses , when the broad question of free intercourse with the Chinese millions was the one object which they should have kept in view . They

      the prices of the raw material . The , intjari'i $ ii _ coiiiW petition which sets one trader against an ^ ier . ' naa . ' ;• taught the public to expect its boots # nd ftVioe ^ ^ at .., ' . ;¦ ' l- j only" some round sum ; and if boot »^ ke ' ra "> cftpnot , ' ' ^ ^ ; provide Wellingtons for that , price ^ ony leatlicr , i '["" ... [ ' -I probably they will learn to do so \ vi $ L | sotij # - ptSjktet >' y ;'; !• ¦ - ' material , say paper ; for that is the w ^ or ^ uj ^ b ^ dciv : ;^! ^ under competition . ^ / ' . y ' ' rp ' : ' J U $ ^ ^ " "'•^ iiimmi ^** "^ 4

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      VOL . VIII . Ko . 356 . ] SATURDAY , JANUARY 17 , 1857 . Price { SSSgff ^ ffigg ?? --,,

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      REVIEW OF THE WEEK- . -bridge 53 l Smintheus the Great 61 Sir Edmund Head on " Shall" and Accidents and Sudden Deaths .. .... 50 v ^ r ^ l ^ - 1011 ' ¦ "" 54 Bonnets , Mantles , Dresses , and "Will" 67 . The Validity of Oaths 60 i £° SP ^ SI&HS ?— * £ * Boots . 62 The Gunpowder Plot 6 T The Orient . . 50 . Kaval and Military 57 An Accident in Lanarkshire ..: .... 63 Doctor John Tattler 68 .. Ireland 51 ^ V- u ? i ..-. 57 Counsel and Client 63 Manuals .. 6 $ ¦ " . S « ii » .. ; : * :.:. ......:.:.::.::::.:::::::: ii gS £ 28 r ™ - g - -opencouncil- .. ^ i ^^ . !!^ l ^^^^ ^ P ^^^ FA in ^ " ¦•¦ " •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ e Denison Controversy ............... 64 — ' : ' ContinentalNotes 51 The Unemployed : 59 LITERATURE- The Gazette 6 & State of Trade 53 Marriage Anomalies . 59 Summary .... 65 o ^ uu . rr . * ..... * -,- . The Case of John Markham . —Prison This Picture and This .. 60 Are Boswell ' s Lette ' rs ' Authentic ? """ COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSRevelations .... 53 If Andrews , then Kinglake 60 Political Criticism : Napoleon III " . !! 66 City Intelligence , Markets , &c ......... 6 » '

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 17, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2176/page/1/