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* fpHE House of Commons is to be " swept a , way , "JL and we are on the eve of a General Election , — that is the position into . which Lord Palmeuston has been driven by the result of the debate on Mr . Coiden's motion . The discussion continued ; to exhibit its cross motives until the very last . Mr . condemns the of Sir John
CoxDEN proceedings BbTvaiNG in China , because lie objects to the expenditure and cruelties of war , and would leave trade to shift for itself ; Mr . Gladstone is enraged with Ministers , because they have disturbed the arrangement which he made Avhen he was in oincc , and he feels like an author whose work has been ' edited ' by an inferior hand that cuts out all his good bits . Mr . Disra-ELI rejoiced at the Ministerial difficulty , and exulted in the opportunity for displaying his parliamentary arts in their highest condition . Ministers made the opportunity as wide as they could for him . The question of the lorcha and of the Boviung policy became quite subservient to the question of the position of Ministers . The Premier , who was suffering severely in health , appeared to give way in temper ; and the speech which lie
brought out nearly at the clo . se of the debate , "was stinging and personal , but not novel in its arguments . He attacked Mr . Cobden with singular bitterness , and in fact assumed the attitude of a man who , expecting no quarter , is prepared to grant none . To a certain extent this responded to the feeling out of doors ; for the mercantile community generally regard Sir John Bowking as having championed their interests , and they are disgusted with men who for party purposes can assail Lord Palmekston .
The coalition between Mr . Gladstone "was almost avowed by Lord Derby at the Opposition meeting on Friday , last week , but the public at largo has supposed the Coalition to include all those who voted against Ministers on Tuesday night . This h a serious mistake . There is no suspicion that Lord John 11 ussei < l , who incurs much of the odium , had any part -whatever in the coalition , any . sympathy with it , or any expectations from its success . Some of the Peclitc members , especially Sir Ja ^ ies Graham and Mr . Cakdwell , arc understood to go with Lord John far more than with Mr . Gi , a » -
kaeli to enjoy a vote against Ministers of 2 G 3 to 24 f , is regarded out of doors as a proof of complicity between the Liberals and the Tories ; a proof that Mr . Gladstoxe is not alone in his desertion of the Liberal ranks . Lord Palmerston has resolved , to ' . die game , ' or rather not to die at all . On the Monday he rallied his supporters , as Lord Derby rallied lus , by calling them to a meeting , at which he announced his intention of not yielding on the Cobden motion , but of dissolving . The number that attended Lord
Pai / mebston ' s meeting was not more than 180 ; it was nearly unanimous in his supp ort , though not perfectly so ; but there was a general feeling that on a purely Ministerial question , the members present would be unanimous in preferring Lord Palmerston to any Minister now in prospect , —that is , to a Derby administration . The meeting , therefore , was sufficient to disabuse the public mind of the . idea that the Coalition includes the genuine Whigs and Radicals ; but it did not promise to Lord Palmerston a majority .
After the division of Tuesday night it became necessary for him to consider his position . On 'Wednesday he went down to Windsor , and obtained the consent of the Queejn to the dissolution of Parliament ; the result was generally known before the announcement which lie made on Thursday evening , that Her Majesty had authorized him to dissolve the Parliament , reserving an interval only
to provide for carrying on the public service during the general election . It is expected that Parliament will be dissolved about the 25 Lh instant , though the precise day is not yet named , and the Ministers will make such arrangements as will secure the carrying on of the public service for the next three months : they talec the altered Income-tax for one year—if they can .
go to the country on the strength of the budget of 1853 ; but who cares for the budget of 1853 ? There may be one man who does so- —Mr . Gladstone , with whom it is a monomania . And there is one man -who affects to care for it—Mr . Disraeix , with whom it is an adopted child , as a beggar adopts one to excite : feeling . But what ' cry' could be raised in any borough or county for the budget of 1 S 53 ? In Manchester itself the notion would be laughed at , unless , indeed , going somewhat further , Messrs . Gxadstone and Disraeli struck up a larger Coalition , and go for the more ancient budget of 1837 .
On what programme will the "Whigs go to tlic country ? This is a question of some interest , aiad Lord John Russell ' s address to the electors of London is looked for as anxiously as the next new novel . The Manchester men will be put to it for a programme : peace and retrenchment will probably be their watchword ; "but election hustings cannot be erected in the Prce-tradc Hall , nor can the admission be limited "hy ticket .
The announcement of the plan , however , was not received with contented quietude ; for the reason that it was not uttered simply as a matter of business . On the contrary , Lord Palmekston accompanied it by insinuations of a " combination . " He represented himself as the object of a conspiracy , though he did not use the word ; and he managed his insinuations in such a way as to include the real
Liberals , as well as the Peelitcs or others that had acted with the : Tories . This , of course , called forth Jhe most indignant disclaimers from Lord Jouk Huhsei . l , Mr . JIojoijuck , and other Liberal Members ; who stated , and stated truly , that they had voted upon conviction , without any reference whatever to a combination with the constituted Opposition .
All parties arc in that condition , which is popularly called "a quandary . " Mr . Disra ^ m twitted Lord 1 ' almehston with going to the country on the programme of no reform , new taxes , a Persian invasion , and Canton blazing ; but , Lord Pamiickston is not quite so green as t o go to " blazes" in < hat way ; and his address 1 o the electors of Tivcrlon will show that he can . strike out something at , least a little fitter for a newspaper advertisement .
Anot her point upon which explanations were demanded , w ; is the inode of treating our actual relations with China . What did Ministers intend to do F Tlie immediate reply was , that they were sending out , a force-sufficient to support the British . . But what about BowiUNu ? Upon this no answer was given . Nor , iix fact , waa any strictly demanded , since Ministers are appealing to the country on the very point .
Upon what will the Tories go to the country ? Mr . Disraeli ' s adjustment of income and expenditure ? Sir John Pa icing ton ' s education ? Mr . J Lenijsy ' s non-educat ion ? Lord Dkujjy ' h no reform ? Mr . Disraeli ' s Russian alliance ? Perhaps , it the Coalition bo carried out , the Tories may
As to ordinary L ' urliamentury business , of comae it . sinks out of view in the ovenvhobning : interest of the political contest . The Loud Cjianoulloii '« Matrimonial Causes and Divorce Bill law pussed n second reading ; so has Sir Sxai'jpoiuj Nor'Xjucotm ' s
stone and Mr . Disraeli ; in fact , they have equally concurred with Lord John in the China debute , in the budget , and in the county franchise : debate . Nevertheless , the fuct that they assisted Mr . Dia-
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The one Idea wnica History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity— the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men t > y prejudice and one-sided views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions ot religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the wiiole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—th . e free development ot onr spiritual nature . " —ifttjB&oWfs Cosmos . &t 3
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK— page Gatherings from the law and Po- The Dark Commerce 22 S Ivors 23 $ imperial Parliament .. ois ¦ lice- Courts 225 The Franchise Movement in Scot- The "Paris Universal Exhibition 233 The Division on Tuesday Niirh ' t in . Accidents and Sudden Deaths 226 laud 229 Qneclah 234 The Ministerial Defeat 2 * 1 JN aval and Military 226 The Lord Chancellor's Divorce Bill 229 Small Novels 235 State of Trade 2 ' " n ^ Miscellaneous .. 220 Duly of the Unrepresented ... 230 TWP a . btc The New Statute at Oxford :.::. " . ' . " . ' . " :::. " Postscript .. 220 £ 1000 Reward 230 mm £ Tt r n , n tt » oqr ¦ Wta * im - OWN COUNCIL- - - Super Plumina Babylonis - ... 230 £ UC a ^ cal No"l ° !!?™ ^ HT .: " ^ & ' TKrTent :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::: ^ - . cultivation Of cotton in India 227 literature- „ . __ ,- — : ¦ Sardinia . and Italian Nationality ...... 222 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- Summary 231 me Gazette 23 t » . Continental Notes 223 Coming Dissolution of Parliament . 227 Sir llobort Peel ' s Me'inoirs '" . " . ' . ' . ' . * . ' . ' . ' . ' ¦ COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSOur Civilization 224 Suspicion of a Secret Treaty 228 Nature and Art in Disease 232 I City Intelligence , Markets , &c 23 G
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Leader (1850-1860), March 7, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2183/page/1/
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