^^ ^ c A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW. greater to a e r Tffc ^^oP^l^elfeen men into distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endSro^ tivr^low^^^fwwSS 6l ^ttS^Z y prejudice and one-sided views ; and, by setting aside of R|]iBiSi OouSJv ana GoW A tV^f ^ K ^ S -^ ^distinctions ' ' ; ¦ ¦ " ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦:; . \- : . - . ; . .. - ©ontttits:: ; . Earl in lOM " ' '"' ?he y Closers _...... 1071 Opinions held the Sixteenth Gavuiyr lwke^y*awKes Jj»y...... .... xuas Mto£u?n&uamiscellaneous ¦ •... V^.1064 Imperial Stock-iobbinp?s 1071 Rpnturv imk s s •••••"• Po3tscripfc •• • «•.» • wee Bc&rrp-Biii Ru^A .::::::::::::: :;lS72 tS Travkaf a j e;r:::::::::::::::::: s^W T^e ¦"¦¦*" '"" " > io§ Imperial RospaasvbiUty............... ao72 ISi Amerira .V'V. - .'.""!7'" 1059 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- Puucli's Pocket-Book for 1857 1076 " "" O( N cll ~ Ireland..VAV.V.V"» .VA"\:Z.V. .V.'!'i;!I!' 1059 Opinion in France and Govera- ^, 5°V^ : Ti , THEA.RTS- ' Continental Notes 1060 ment in England .... 1067 ¦¦ "£? ¦ I,atUJ ln J*aly-——— 1072 Dramaticdramatic andana Musicaljiusicat N otes 1076 Themu Moon's Rotation 1072 J\ ote3 xu7t> ¦ ¦¦Lord¦ Palmerston at Manchester and Palmerstoii in Manchester .... ...... 1067 ¦:¦ Salford 1061 Robson's Ticket of Leave .;.......... 1068 LITERATURE— The Gazette 1077 Sanitary Matters 1061 The Naughty Board..... ...... 1009 Summary... .. 1073 Our Civilization.. .. 1061 M. Mazzini and M.Gallenga....;.... 1069 Kate Coventry ... .. .. .. .,1073 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS— . - Naval and Military..... 10C4 > A Simple Railway Accident . 1070 Poetry andPolitics on the Danube 1073 City Intelligence, Markets, &c...-.,. 1078 VOL. VII. No. 346.] SATUIiDAY, NO^EMBEE, 8, 1856. Price {S£^^^ :::I SS? OE- the disavowed Constitulionnel ; and, at all events, the malting'of railways. What, indeedj does |Rt to the highest; authority has permitted the Constitu- Count de Mount care for railways, - running _ be - tiotinel, which it could so easily gag and crush —a tween St.Petersburg and Ekaterinqslay ? ^uttheye VTO insurance office would grant an insurance far more effectual course than a formal dis- is another thing which many of the-concessiona- XV for the continuance of peace. The feeble claimer. ries of the railway contract care much about, and guarantees that appeared to exist at the conclu- There is no siga that our Ministers give way. that is scrip. The ultimate result of the scrip, sion of the Russian war have become still feebler, Keschid Pacha, as we have said, has acceded to the ultimate accession of railways to Russia, the and it is clear that intriguers of the very lowest power, and the fact shows that the advice of Lord ultimate profits to the ultimate buyers—vvhat does order have so mingled in the administration of Stratford be Redcxiffe prevails in Constanti- all that matter ? As little does it matter to the Europe, that aw accident may embroil the whole nople. The circumstances have placed us in . a old woman at the corner of the street what be- Continent, and this country with it. The Consti- painful dependence upon the fidelity of Austria, comes of the apples when once she has sold them. f oitionnel has been permitted to launch at this coun- and Austria is not likely to fulfil the expectation The question for the concessionaries is, what try the most intelligible invectives. It pretends without being paid for it. At present she has her profits they can make in the transfer stage of the that the change of Ministry in Constantinople, troops in the Principalities, because Turkey and busindss. There is a property, nominally, of forty which has now been completed by the accession of England wish it; some day, perhaps, she may millions in the market, upon which they will have Reschii> Pacha to power, is no defeat for the keep them there because France wishes it; some agency commission, and for that agency commis- Counsels of France, because that Minister must say , because it is the wish of Austria. sion the statesmen of France ' go in' for the listen to reason ! That is to say, M. Thouvknbi. .Lord I almerstow throws no light upon these Russian lines. and his superiors at home intended to persevere in subjects. In his great Manchester demonstration, We have had a plentiful allowance of autumnal urging their policy upon the Turkish G-overninent, his words are . the words of peace, but his tone is public meetings. The member of Parliament is coute que coilte. That policy is now avowed. France, the tone of mistrust. In the late war, his pbject, loose just now, and is available for local associa- according to , the Constitutionncl, upholds the latest he 6:iys, was to prevent Avar, for it is only by re- tion. Lord Palmers-ton has accordingly ' done * proposal of Bussia, which is to compromise the pelling the approach of insult and the appearance three important local bodies in Manchester at the difference between herself and the Western of wrong that a great country cavi guard its peace. meeting which we have already mentioned. He Powers, and to strike a line between the two This explanation x'enders one of his statements visited Peel Park and Salford, Manchester Town Bolgrads. "What objection can there be to such more intelligible than oth erwise it would be. u I Hall and Mr. Mayor, tlie Free Trade Hall and a proposal ? asks the Constit idionnel, forgetting hope and believe," he says, " that peace will con- the Mechanics' Institute. With his gay and that, in a question of the kind, no one of two tinue in Europe;1' but he says it with an "if," charming vivacity, he delighted mayor , manufac- allies ought to depart fr om the ground originally and afterwards he says, " I trust that Power which turers, burghers, and working men. 3STo man is taken up, and, without the other, to> accept a brought upon itself the hostility of all Europe, by more perfectly free and easy, at the same time compromise. " The French press," says the Co>i- forgetfulucss of international rights and duties, tliat there is something in his upright carriage stitutioniicl, by way of boast, " has shown itself will observe the treaty and fulfil it with faithful- and the glances of liis eye which prevents unanimous in condemning the pretensions which, ness," and then no doubt peace will be of " long the most presumptuous fr om forgetting that in their interested connivance, the Governments duration." " I hope," says the Emperor Alex- they have among them a real nobleman. This of Austria and England arrogate to themselves." ander Nicolaiewxtch to General Lu»ers, in re- ia delightful. He places the most homely on a This is the view which the organ of the French leasing him from his present duties, " I hope that level with himself, but does not descend to the Ministry puts forth. The Siecle, indeed, endea- if circumstances give ,me occasion to recal you to level of the homely. He told the people of Man- vours to counteract this counsel. It asserts that employment before the expiration of that period, chester nothing, in so emphatic a manner that despatches have passed between the two Go- you will resume your duties with the same zeal they caine away wiser than they went ; and if there vernments of France and England, which have and alacrity which have ever signalized your mili- is a nmn popular in Manchester at the present removed any want of concord. But whose organ tary career I" What is " that period?" One moment it is Palmekston. ia the Sil-cle? It is the tolerated representative year ! The Crimean, heroes stationed near the Scotch of the J£udME section of the Bonaparte family, Do we count any longer upon capital have had their entertainment from the « w France for pro- a kind of intruder in the family circle of tecting this precarious peace ? How can Lord Provost and the press we do so, all the notables o£ the place, , permitted out of consideration for our when the oflicial representative of our ally is now and the modern Athens shines amongst the hosts "dear Uncle ;" and we may accept us authentic residing of the the closo to the Czaii who writes thus to heroes. Part of the trade of the place is declaration of the Constit utionnel, that " those General Luders scholastic who , and when the whole of the ; moral philosophy is peculiarly obtain- oppose themselves to new conferences create clique who helped tho able in that market the sole Emporor Napoleon to the , and the orations were, ne- and true obstacle to the execution of the throne, and adm cessaril treaty. i nister in his name, are trying to y, quite fit to pass an examination. " The disclaimer of the Moniteur is more wean him from the Eng Ladies too ;- important lish alliance, and to drag , , graced the festival with tl^ew p^e- —. it disavows the Constit utionnel by him into a Russian alliance sencc ; and facts '.^ V name : but , because the Russian were brought fortli by Cplonel it admits that there is a difference Emporor is giving to some of thorn a valuable HamXiBV, Sir John M'JSTeiix between France con- , and others: wiich and England ; it so far endorses tract for the making of railways ? No, not for really contributed to tho history of th"e Cilpioa. ' '•m* J > i jr^l ' ' ¦ A . ¦ " *¦¦' ' • : ' ' • W « . ;: ¦ ••'¦ - . i—! ¦ • '" • • • ,- ;!¦« .¦;. vj , .-. ¦ V ,i ' . - • • . ' ' I-H • ¦ ¦ " . j . - . 1058 THE IEADER, [N o. 346, -Sattodat gj ^^^^ Z^ HIi ^— ^ ' * Lord Shaftbsbdbt has been entertaining his of Prance rushing to the assistance of our troops at These observations also were loudlv innin, 7". home none the worse Inkerrrtan, arid proceeded:-— find Mr. O'Connell, after expressing hisVi 6 •workpeople in a harvest , " My Lord, as you belong to neither denomination of gS the kindness and courtesy of the Lord Mavor h* ^\ because he took them to church ; and the service creeds that X have mentioned, I earnestly appeal to your and withdrew.