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      rFHE new House of Commons has now " been JL elected , excepting a small remainder from the counties and Ireland , and . it promises to be a better representation of the constituencies than we lave ever had , and for an obvious reasoa . The only question , submitted to " the country" was , whether or not it would prefer Lord PALMErvSTON to Lord

      Dekby , and there was an almost universal feeling in favour of Lord Palmeiisxon . He is in pcMver , he has been successful , lie is professedly a Liberal , he conducted the war ; whereas , in the case of Lord Dejiby , all these characteristics must be reversed . As a politician , Lord Derby lias'lain dormant ; although he would not do much harm as a Tory , he avows Tory principles of the old slump ; the most that can be said of him is , that lie did not obstruct the war ; and although he is a very pleasant fellow , he does not so well conceal the pride of birth under

      a frank , gentlemanly , and agreeable bearing . There is scarcely any interest inLordDjBiuiYpersonally ; numbers of his own political supporters really prefer Lord Paxkerston—as the comity elections arc showing ; and with those Conservatives who still vote as they do , the preference for the Earl is chiefly technical . " The country , " therefore , has had no reason why it should not vote in favour of Lord Palm euston ; and having nothing else before it , it has voted as it pleased . Having no vciy strong opinions upon , any subject , it lias collectively elected men who collectively have no particular opinions .

      On the whole , it is conjectured that the present House of Commons will contain ' an unusual number of members pledged to support the Ballot ; but movement adds to the appearance of numerical strength , and possibly the Ballot men will not prove to he so many in a division as they look in a general election . There is so very widespread a feeling in favour of Reform , that even Conservatives have been induced to declare in favour of it . Tims wo have

      declarations , more or less ambiguous , from Lord Pal-MEiisTO » r , Mr . T ) isitAEU , Sir Junx Paiu . nutok , and others . Lord Fai ^ uhiston , indued , liiuts at it rather than speaks out , and he declares himself to he very conscious of ' the duly of silence . ' Mr . pisitAEu is more explicit ; he would fuel " no prejudice" against , a Itefonn Bill which should redress Hie partiality and injualioc of the bill of 1832 ; that is , which should not endeavour to frame a Wlnt ^ constituency ; while he objects decisively both t ' c

      tion , and that he has been , fairly treated . Undoubtedly it was hinted that lie had resigned : tliis was not true . Ou the 7 th he wrote a note authorizing Mr . Dillon to resign for him ; but on the Sth he wrote a note saying ' -that-circumstances induced ¦ . him to reconsider his intention , and withdrawing that first' note . Mr . Dillon- got the second note first , and there the matter ought to have ended , •—but there it did not end .

      We hear allusions to the case of Kiddermiuster , as if it proved that the non-cleetors are generally ruffians , and unfit to exercise tlie . suffrage . How little this is the ease we can call upon the rejected members" to s ; iy—upon . Mr . Milneu- Gibson , Sir IIknbv Hali'ORd , Mr . W . . T . Pox ; or on many who were returned—Sir John Paiungtosj , Mr . " William Coning ham , Lord Godeiucu , General Thompson , Mr . Slanky . But the case of Kidderminster , is

      quite-peculiar . The non-clcolors liave been taught to consider that they should have some voice in the election- ; they found their claim treated with contempt , they were irritated , and we all know what arts may bo used during I he excitement of an election to foster and provoke the irritation until it shall become tumult . The violence of Kidderminster is entirely exceptional , and iu evidence we point to the whole character of the general election throughout Great Britain , for there has never been one

      more quiet or more easy going . A wider constituency would hitve selected many men amongst those whom the present constituency has thrown out . The list of the rejected is truly formidable , and it embraces every elaas of men , politically and socially . Hens is a miscellany—Admiral BKRiciaiiv , John BiuanT , Cojjdun , Caiid-WHU .,, Kaikks Cukjuk , YViu . iam Clay , W . J . Fox , MiixNKu ( Jiisson , An / mini Gonuox , Latjhunci : Jlicvwoivnr , James Wain llodo , Menky Hali'oud , Austkn Layaud , SAMUKri Laing , Lord Monck , Edward Mjall , 11 bivbbhi Mam > ooic , Lord Naas , tfjllClMilUCK . PKIU ,. itoUJNWELL PALMEll , J . V »

      "Iho country , " as it is called in parliamentary language , means the . limited -. constituencies—the one-seventh of the population which has this time returned a Parliament entirely to its mind . \\ e shall see what that Parlimncnl will do : If it is not instructed to promote llefonn , it is rather reminded of the duty than otherwise ; and excepting a

      certain passive obstinacy which characterises the reluctant allusion to the ' subject , by Lovd Palme ' ustox , the feeling of obstruction appears to he decidedly giving way . Tin ; Parliament elected by "< . ! i <; country , " we suspect , may not be very strong in tlic will to carry Parliamentary Reform , but it will he more feeble to resist any real public movement ,.

      Meanwhile , Lord John Russell has accomplished his return for the City of London under the feeling which we described last week , only rather strengthened . He did not conic in at the head of the poll , t he " Pour Candidates" organization huving already committed many Liberals against Lord JoirN ; but " the young man from Northampton" was far below the lowest on the poll ; so that there is some degree of honesty in the City yet . Down to the latest date the incidents wore of a kind to increase Lord

      ballot and electoral districts , and impliedly to a large extension , of the ' suffrage . Sir John Pakingiox is the most explicit of the three whom we have named ; he is not opposed to extension of the suffrage . Indeed , there is a reason -why he should not be ; in his pursuit of agreement on the subject of education , Sir Jouisr Pakingxon lias come more

      into contact withthe working classes , and has obtained a great deal more knowledge of them ; and he can testify to what we have- - 'so ; . frequently asserted , that amongst the working classes thero is not less information than amongst the shop-keepingclass , more reflection , and more courage of conscience ; qualities which would give to a considerably extended franchise infinitely ' more of a patriotic and national character . :

      John' Husskll ' s sense of the party unfairness which has influenced the limited constituency . He must foul that if many of 1 he non-duelors had bad voles , he would have been sent to iliclop of the poll . They at least appreciated him bet ' er than that section of " the country" which lies within the , City , and we may presume : that Lord . Iuiin proportionately appreciates tho . se , iiilclligent disfranchised . Tin ; Hubjoot of the 'infinite extension therefore awail . H a decisive movement on the part of the unenfranchised people , A correspondence is circulated to prove thai fvinl John . Russell vacillated in regard to hi . s

      rosiguu-PlII I . MM 0 U . K , R . . ) . I ' HIl-UMOHK , Al'SI / EY IE ! ,-i , att , fcsTAi- 'i'OKi ) Northcotje , David Waddinotox , ¦ Joshua AValmslnv , AV . A . Wilkinson ; and the list is fstill incomplete . There are many names in this place which everybody regrots to . see excluded , and most certainly with a larger constituency there would have been ; t more liberal construction . Kven of those who have been least considerate of the political dahns of th-

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      working classes , many would , we are coiiviucccLrirtC ' yv . /^ V- ^ been returned because they are men of jil . ron / i ^ Mj ^ , ^ - ^ : £ ? l > yA ' ~ > standing , coiwciculiouu priiicinlos , and gjxi'd 1 ffl' ^ J $$ ' ) £ y !~ £ ¦ f | i ^ Xm - »\ p : - ' y ^ (!!¦ & (/ l o ' -rv - CT ^^ 3 w v ^ pli' 5 > -3 t- ^ wsf&ri ^

      ¦&Gt;-^»-.'Fc.,1fcl..^ Mittihtt A Political And Literary Review.

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      The oae Idea wnich . Histary exhabiba as evermore developing itself iuto greater distinctness ia the Idea of Humanity—the noble e ^^ f a T ° . to throw down , all the baxnars erected "between men by prej \ adiceandon . e-3 ided views ; and , by setting- aside the distinctions or ueugion ,, oouutry , and Colour , to treat the whole Human , race as oae brotherhood , ' having one great object—the free development of our . spmtualnature . "—Sumboldt ' s Cosmos .

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      TOL / VIII . No . 367 . ] " SATURDAY , APRIL -d ., - 1857 ^ "' • \ Pmci ^ ^ S ^™ 3 sS ^ ° -

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      RtVlcW OF iriE WtEK- i-aoe j Oav Civilization 323 V Prognostications of the Coniot V . 2 & Mr . llobson's"Daddy Hardacro " ... 3 S 2 Thelievemio 314 I Miscellaneous .... 32 i The MiddlesexUlcctlun 328 Her-Majesty's 'Xhoatro 832 America 314 ! Postscript 325 LITERATURE- 'X 1 ho HoyaL Italian Opera Pro-ContihentaL Notes 315 j Public AFrAiRs- . L , nJ ~ v ^ oa firanuue 832 Th « Onent . 315 ¦ ' ; Disracli-a Study of Statesman- M ^" vJ&etiiod \\\^\\\ " : " \\\\\\\\ V :: " . V ; 3 ffl Theatrical Notes 832 Thi 5 VarViampnfc " ^ i « » T »» i ,, "I . - " - ., ; S 25 Tim Press and the Public Service ... 330 Aiie jnew raruamenc 316 , Falmerston a Purge 326 'riir > P <> i" - n nf iomoc tt * vm The General Election . .. ; ............ 318 Political Ostracism 32 S lr \ lo \\ lucs iamcs 11- — " ^ The Gazette 883 Navaland Military .... S 22 Apsloy Pcllatt-a Study in Dunking S 27 M-istonauios oil * v «» Accidents and Sudden Deaths 323 AVhitu-haiulcd . Non-electors S 27 ¦ ' THE ARTS- COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSIreland . 323 News from Icaria ..... " ... " .. ' . ' .. 328 ! The Vocal Association .................. 332 City Intelligence , T \ larl ( ots , &c ....... 333

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 4, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2187/page/1/