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      ° 4 p&t&S >^ ^ d ^ kSkM ^ , $ y % N $ k ^^ A POLITICAL AID LITERARY EEVIEW .

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      -.. ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦• ¦ ——? ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " - ..- : ¦ P A 1 . MEESTON is to open the Session with X eclat . After all the grumblings of the recess he meets Parliament with Indiaii victories , abolition of the East India Company , a treatment of our commercial crisis which has extorted praise from , all sides ^ and a rumour that there is something more popular behind . He is the luckiest , as well as the cleverest , of diplomatists that ever took the throne of statesmanship . Tor the moment the reports of the approaching session are more engrossing than the events of the day itself . The victories in India scarcely equal in interest the anticipated victory of the Board of Control , backed by a dissatisfied public , over the Honourable East India Company . This measure 3 tad for spine time been anticipated , although it appears likely to be brought forward at an earlier date than that popularly fixed for it . It happens , too , that the odicial interest is here on the same side with the public interest . An excessive amount of blame has been cast on tie East India Company , while the Queen ' s Executive has escaped scot free from censure . Although the Company has become very little better than a dummy , it is to the public interest that the man of straw should be removed , and the responsibility brought homo to tho right persons ; and it is to the interest of the Ministers in office to bring forward a measure which will be popular . The victories in India , however , will still count for . something , and the last despatches announce exploits which will bring fresh honours to the oilicers in action , and will reflect fresh splendour upon the Government for the time being . Because , however we may separate the officials in London from the ofllccrs in the field , it invariably happens ( hat the Government sliares with the Sovereign the glory that any of our countrymen achieve ; and tho last successes arc by no means the least important . If 1-Ia . velooic had not actually been relieved in Luck now at the latest date , it was in all human calculation certain thai , he would be relieved-within ; i couple of days 5 and his army would theu be expanded to 7000 strong—quite sufficient to encounter the 50 , 000 Sepoys around him , to scatter them , ami not only to rescue the garrison and British residents of Lucknow , but to break the Native power in Oude . The mutinous force which had fled nfter the capture of Delhi hns been followed by a column under Colonel Gkkatiied , who inflictcd three severe and ruinous defeats upon the ,

      enemy , the last of them in A gra , where the Natives were bold enough to attack the 33 ritish position . Gb . ba . thed was hi -. command . of one of the bodies that was expected to join Ha . vei . ock . In the meanwhile , the ¦ . ¦ reinforcements which had been rapidly arriving in Calcutta were goin . £ up the country ; : and although the mutineers still showed their spirit in fresh outbreaks at some points , it appears mow to be quite certain that the iicws from India will continue to report the progress of our arms in recovering the ground' lost daring the . revolt .-. ' . . . '¦ ¦ ,. : ~ ; : ¦ .. -. '¦ ¦ . .. ¦ ¦• . ' ¦' . .. ' ¦ . ' ¦ . ¦• ' . " . ¦ ¦ ' . '' New-instalments of honorary rewards will now be required id . addition to those which have been newly announced—the elevation of Sir Henhy IIavelock . to the rank of a baronetcy , and of Sir Akchdale Wrxsox to the same rank . As the Parliamentary session approaches , opinions on the subject of India , evidently acquire now concentration of purpose . The announcement that the East India Company is to bo abolished will no doubt bring forth many suggestions for the better government of India , and for its practical improvement under ( he direct administration of the Board of-Control . Meanwliile , the Bishops continue to come forth in great strength on the subject of Christian missions . The Bishops of London and Oxford have been very diligent , and this week Dr . Wilherfouce has chimed in happily with a note that strikes like an ingenious discord on the official announcement . He is telling the story how wo earned tho fidelity of the Rajah of Gwalior throug-li the pious instructions and example of an excellent Resident at that Court . The Rujiih was immensely struck ' by the Resident ' s refusal to accept 100 , 000 / ., although he was ibid that nobody would have known it , and his reply that 'One ' would have scon . "You English , " answered the llajulij " arc a wonderful people ; " mulwhen the Resident was departing , liis illustrious pupil sent to ask for advice as to his future policy . " I will give you this advice , " said the Resilient : "it is very likely that troublesome days will come—but don't bo led away . It may appear as thougii ihc power of the Company was going to be swept away . Don't believo it ; it never will be ; and U 1030 who stand firm by the Company , will in the end Hud that Ihoy have made the host choice . " This was said at a grand gathering of bishops , lords , clergymen , and notables in Willis ' s Rooms , under the chairmanship of the Archbishop of Cantkjujtjry and the Hftnctiou of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel , at which it was resolved to establish

      three liew bishoprics in India-r- for the present / with more to conic by-and-by . So that if the Company is to be abolished , there will be a goodly company of In shops and clergy instead ! Lord Siraftesbury has been continuing his excellent work , in telling : the English people in plain terms how their countrymen and countrywomen , were treated at Gawnpore . The value of the lesson , lies not onl y in enabling the public to understand the facts in plain terms , but in setting an example of the proper occasions on which to use . the plainest language that man ' s lips can utter . The news from the moneyed world , like that from India , is- '' checkered ; "but Upon the whole favourable . The balance of incomings and outgoings at the Bank of England has been such that it has been able to contract its issue within the legal limit , the pressure upon it being of course proportionately diminished . There is a more tangible sign of ' the same diminution of pressure on the Bank of France , in the reduction of the rate of discount ; although there arc some reasons to fear that this downward movement maybe premature , in accordance with French impatience . There is some slight sign too of revived trade in all parts of the commercial world—on the Continent and in America , as well as in this country ; but . at present these signs arc exceedingly faint . In the meanwhile we have the most ominous manifestations of the opposite kind . In Lancashire , Cheshire , and Leicestershire , there is a grievous want of employment ; in Yorkshire it is not so bail ; but in many towns of the northern iwul midland counties the Poor-law authorities are wavering between severity and relaxation . The chief constable of Manchester reports that a large number of mills arc standing still , and a yet larger number working short time , although in some mills the loss per week is not less than 20 / ., 30 / ., 50 / ., and even 70 / ., while the machinery elands still . Mure houses continue to fall , and jimongst thorn is another Joint-stock Bank —tho Northumberland and Durham , with very large liabilities and very extensively spread branches . The occurrence luis created dismay iu the coal and iron districts of the neighbourhood , and we have yet to learn whal its effects may be . A step towards tho solution of mi exceedingly : ' important question has been taken h y / . iji ^ ukt / xit- ; ' , ;) Athe University of Cambridge . In Juiipia ^ iv ^ atos ' / , fi " ; :. ' were appointed io examine and report !^> b ] n ^ 'iiWe ' v . i \ \ question of establishing n system of ^ a % JA ^ om ; , > ;; , : , > ¦ , "" " for the Ijcnelil of aludcnfs not nicnibcL ^ ' | W ^ j ^ -V ^ iV , ri l ' _ vcrsity , to whom certificates , or some ' tiW ^ oTpb ^ - ' ['>\ rr V' /' n ' sV "

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      VOL . YIII , fro . 401 . ] SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 28 , 1857 , P ^ ice {^^™ ::: ™^ -

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      ce REVIEW OF THE WEEK— pjlob Miscellaneous 1130 j ¦ Payment of tho . Indian Damages 1142 Miscellanies .. 1143 State of Trade 11 S 0 Postscript . ...... 1137 ! Mr . Coningham at Brighton ......... 1142 Accidents and Sudden Deaths ... 1130 - ,,-,,. . „* ,,, . PORTFOLIOTheIndian Revolt 1131 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- OPEN COUNCIL- v The Woodsprlng Papers 1145 Mr . ConiiiKha . ni and 6 is Constituents 1131 India—The Progress of Affairs ...... 113 S -mi ,,,. + n . „ . „„ A t , -o -, eat Public Meetings 1133 The Position of Reform . 1138 The Monetary Crisis and the Bank _ THEARTSIreland ...................... 1133 The Bank Charter ... ; ......... 1139 of * , nglaud .......... 1142 Mr . Albert Smith at Home 1147 America .. .. . 1133 President Buchanan ' s Position ... 1140 literature OneraBuffa ¦ " " ¦ " 1147 Continenta ] Notes 313-1 The Picdinoutese and Belgian LITERATURE- uperanuiia 11 * 7 Obituary ....... ... 1134 . Electors ..... 1140 Summary . 1143 ~ Our Civilization ......... ....... .... 1135 English Engineers at Naples ...... 1141 Xtambles of a Naturalist ............... 1143 TheGazette 1148 Gatherings from the Law and Po- The Muster-roll of Indian Heroism 1141 Art Collections in Great Britain ... 1141 ^^ ... « v >^ . . „ - liceCourts 1135 Louis Napoleon ' s Last Convert ... 1141 Hovels and Tales ... 1141 ¦ COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS— . . Maval and Military ..... ; 1136 Indian Relief Fund ....., — .......... . .. 1143 Cultivation of Cotton in India ...... 1145 City Intelligence , JIarkets . Ac ..... 1148

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      "The one Idea which Hi 3 tory exhibits a 3 evermore developing it 3 elf into greater distinctnesa ia the-Idea of . Humanity—the iio"bie endeavour ^ ° tlxrow down all the barriers erected between men . by- prejudice an . d . on . e-3 idedview 3 ; and , by setting ' asidethedistinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat th . e whole Human race as one brotherhood , Ixaying one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Sumboldt ' s Cosmos .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 28, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2219/page/1/