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    ; ? . ITRHE boiling of the national constituencies , in A order to extract from them the concentrated representation of the House of Commons , is going on at a red heat , and the change in . the relation of parties which we noticed last week has continued as" the compound has remained under the process of cooking . There have been new severances and new reconcilements . A moral of the Minister lias

    been , perhaps , the most conspicuous fact yet before us . Lord Palmeojston , as Lord Malmesbuby says , " is the popular Minister of the day ; " but , as always happens with the most popular man , when his prestige does not rest upon the present pursuit of some great public object , but upon a personal liking * a piece of clever acting , or any fancy of the hour , Lord Palmebston is the slave of his popularity . He appeared to have everything his own way . He succeeded in dissolving the House of Commons on a question of his own ohoosing—for

    sxich it really was ; since he might have superseded Mr . Cobden ' s motion by announcing that he had superseded Sir Joiiir Bowhing , and had appointed Lord Elgin over his head . The prorogation took place on Saturday , some days sooner than it was expected by those who wci'e not behind the scenes . The dissolution , which according to the circulated report was to have taken place ou Monday , was proclaimed on the very same Saturday . Of course it was for the interests of the Government to accelerate the election as much as possible , and they

    exercised the power of acceleration . Lord Palmerston was the favoured guest of the Lord Mayor on the ^ Friday , and he made a very telling speech . His own address , Avrittcn . with his own hand , according to his own will and pleasure , was before the electors of Tivertou and the electors of the United Kingdom on the Tuesday . There were no signs of flinching in cither composition . He still braved his enemies ; still talked , though in more

    of Liberals , while they arc content to vote lor Lord Palmerston in the present spring , arc still Liberals ; and they are asking the candidates whether they will vote for extension of the suffrage , for ballot , for ' shorter Parliaments , and so forth . Some of the well-known statesmen will be deprived of the two letters at the end of then * name- —• cc M . P . ;" . we shall have some new men , and it appears that we shall have some really good menfor instance , we shall have Sir Aimiuii Hai-lam

    Elton . It is possible , that a , more popular election will make a new man of a promising Member who has already sat in Parliament—the Honourable Art huh Gordon , whom Tories and your starched Whigs are calling " Chartist , " for the thoroughgoing liberality of his principles . These were known before , if the young man had but the confidence of his own position , and could bring it out ; and a day seems to be coming when the opportunity will be

    afforded for discussing mattcis of that sort , lor , although the new Parliament will , amongst the unknown , comprise , probably , a large number of adventurers , it may also comprise some rather stronger politicians than we have been accustomed to . But most certainly the temper of the time is making an opportunity , for the politicians in or out of Parlia inent , of reviving the raicstiou , whether we cannot make the House of Commons a little better than

    it is ? While the constituencies arc making the House of Commons that must . 'in turn make the Ministry , not only arc our relations with foreign countries very materially altering , but the relation of foreign countries to each other and "with their own institutions arc in a state of unscttlcmcnt , rendered strikingly conspicuous by the intelligence and official documents this week . In the inaugural address of President ] Buchanan we have the evidence that

    creased . Although this or that eminent independent Liberal may be in danger during the next few days , it is quite evident that the constituencies generally , like those that have already elected their representatives , are to a , great extent consulting themselves ratherthan Ministerial dictation . The greatest feud has been that between Lord John IIusselIi , as head of the Independent

    Liberals , and Lord Palmerston , as the chief Ministerialist Liberal—the one following reform , the other following himself . ' .. But the change in the City has been complete . The public there , including the unenfranchised , showed a strong disposition to resent the attempt to " let down Lord John easy . " His brother has appeared amongst those advocating his claims to consideration

    as an old servant . Some of the Jews had talked coldly about supporting him at present ; and this drew forth a feeling of indignation , that the Jews , of all people , should forget who had been most persistent in enforcing their claims upon the House of Commons . Then it was discovered that the London Liberal Registration Association had undertaken to do the business of the electors for them , and -to declare that the City should only have commercial men , the very idea that the City has always scouted . Commercial men it wants amongst its

    representatives , but it also -wants to maintain its position as a political power in the country . London City iw not only an aggregation , of the members of the Stock Exchange , of shopkeepers , and of ratepayers ; it has at various times in our history stood forward as the champion of political rights ; it has ia later days crowned alliances by ontertaLning foreign statesmen and foreign monarchs ; and the representation of the City , therefore , should be

    compounded of statesman anil of merchant . The London Liberal llcgistration Association quite under ' rates the importance of its cnvn constituency , and the electors liavo been rather angry at'being taken in . and done for in that fashion . The consequence is , that many men who a fortnight ago felt cold to Lord Jouk , luivo been wanned into indignation at the unfair treatment of him , and arc going to give him plumpers lo-duy .

    a strong man lias come to tho head of the American . Government , who will at once control domestic factions , and use the energy of the Republic in execution of the policy that he thinks just und desirable . But at the very time that he takiwH& p i $ 4 c t " command , tho Supreme Court P * du ] feff ^ j fc {^^ A - ^ incut which alters the relaticflfi q ^ 'Jj ^ tf ^ Wp 1 ? " . fully important vace , the NegjW . 0 tti * $ njif £ ' t dnSe £ of Diuu ) Scott , a Negro wlu ^ liamifcaQ ^ njwi ' Jl doin on the score of residing ^ v ^ j ^ TW ^^ wi | m T ? which slavery was excluded froin rtfr qj ^ M «^ jfa ^| 5 ^ ffi ( W j promise , the Supreme Court iias ^ K ;! ii ^«|»* a ^^ S ] M Missouri compromise exceeded the \ } 4 faj&&hfcdtk )/ 0 O grcss by its invasion of State righls ^ IuHSovC ' roigivty , mid that moix of the African race are uol

    As to tli <; elections about the country , it in quite impossible in this place , to follow the ins and outs ; nor does it mutter . We have no general result to report ; we can no more expect to influence the electors , who arc now in the frenzy of the movement , than we could reason with a jockey in the middle of a race . But one thing is plain—tliat the Tories will be Tories still ; that the larger nuinbci

    circuitous terms , about " combination ; " still insinuated . that his opponents in the China debate , instead of being actuated by conscientious principles , wished to step over the humiliation and degradation of their country into place . He hus , however , not failed to do some lip-homage to reform , and some pen-homage , too ; for , reluctantly as he may do it , he not only declares himself for " progressive improvement , " but for " well-considered reforms . " Nevertheless , the signs that tho Government was not going to dictate at all the elections have in-

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    "The one Idea -which History exhibits as evermore developing it 3 elf into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—t 3 ie noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-aided views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development ¦ of our spiritual nature . "—Bvmboldt ' s Cosmos .

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    VOL . VIII . No . 366 . ] SATURDAY , MARCH 28 , 1857 . P ^ QB { ga % ^ i : 5 ggg ? - ¦ — . ' ' * . - ¦¦ " '~"' ¦ —T -.. — ,- — . —

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    0 B REVIEW OF THE WEEK— . paoe The Royal British . Bank ..... 29 C The Scandinavian Idea 301 The Laws of Politeness ... . 307 Polira Sermons on th « TWarriniw * T iw ? 4 n Our Civilization ....... 296 Liberal-Conservatives S 02 Mr . \ V . II . Russell in Shilling Parts 308 The ^ KnfffhtsbridffJTChuroiSeP lw Gatherings from the Law and Po- Tho Churcli of Kuigbtsbridge and the arts-TmfJrial Varl £ mfmt * n ? lice Courts ; ...... 208 the Luther of Brompton 303 T \ L , ?\ Z , ,, , aq ATarven ^ Pun ^ ral "''"¦ loi Naval and Military .... 293 -Tory Casualties ......... 303 The Lato Thomas Seddon 303 A-Farvenus ijunerai ..., ZDl Miscellaneous 90 S . . ^ .- ^ a ^ .. r , « - Woolnors Bust of Tennyson .. 308 The General Election 292 Postscript « .-. vv g ° LITERATURE- Theatrical Notes 308 America ... 295 x ua ^ onpu zjj Summary 304 China ... 295 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— A Heavy-armed Grammarian ... 304 The Gazetto 309 Continental Notes 295 Tho Old . Parliament and the New .. 300 Latter-Day Poetry 305 » .. . ,-, lll / i . ee . , B , Stateof Trade .. 296 "Who Keeps up the Pope ? . 300 The Eve of St . Mark . —Photo tho COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSObituary ........................ .. 296 President Buchanan andliis Policy 301 - Suliotc 307 City Intelligence , Markets , &c 309

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 28, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2186/page/1/