The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-29 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

TA, quarterly lirri.oe. January, IRS%
If there are any who, remembering the political
manifestoes of which is pent times of excitement the
Q. .f.rly has bora made the vehicle, expected to find
in the January umber somas article from which the
spirit and pnacipise of Lord Derby's Reform Bill
might be ioferred the time is come for dispelling
their Mimics.
Tile Quarterly does contain the ex-
pected paper on re/mem, but as examination it proves
to he. sot a calm gamey of the political held, with •
moderate but firm assertion of principles, but Unload
at istemperate and violent denunciation of
every possible Reform Bill, mingled with viii.
lent abase of reformer,. In the eyes of the
pub:ieist of the (dewier!, the late Mr. John Wilson
Croker was • statesman whom dicta are worthy to be
quoted together with the counsels of Mr. 'Nuke.
Hr. Hobert Lows is • model politician, and
his K Warminster anti-reform declaration ia
" that bowie speech." The writer does set
mince the matter. He asks, "For what pear
deal end, indeed, is reform demanded, and
What are the advantages we hope to obtain to
counterbalance its dangers?" He thinks Lord Derby's ,
ger ernment did wrong in andertakinu to bring
in a bill on Parliamentary Retires. °Me legacy
war bequeathed to the present government by
their predecessors, and we A.are ly wisl. they
And .I..rlUesd to weep! it." No concession mast
be mad* to the principle of popular representation.
Tt.ere are evils to be corrected, but better let them
remain than increase the power of the people. " The
power of property is too much diminished already.
Coccession after concession can only end in realising
the plans of Mr. Bright, and in handing over the
government of England to the mob. To give and
to lose is soon to lose the power to refine. There
are evils which, if it were possible, it would be de-
sirable to comet, bat every one knows that reform
with most persons means a further advent* to demo-
au'', which could only aggravate the evils which
at present exist, and imperil the constitution." In
his eagetneas to magnify the mischiefs which he
bars would spring from as extension of the fraa-
chise, the reviewer does not shrink from mierepra
serrations which we should be ashamed of ourselves
if we did not instantly denounce ea libellous and
contemptible. We pity the man who could thus
write of the Nonconformist Cluiitians of England
at the pprTetsesent day:
Maar disswbn have adeeliked that taking except the
checks plead by the permang Mogan of the church apes
leaataeieea, end by in isimetian epee theokerkal aseamitias,
on the amens' seen Mid its pale from mine(
one soother b pieces. This ismer* the a suppeition—it
an historical fast. Every ens mad la the religion, Innen
of the C manewedth knows what Germ disseestoe, what
blasphemies sad fills, whet vitiating of every salon of
decency sad , wen rib throughout the lead the
moment the deer hith were enchanted for the
he-es of ladividnal mindelme, notwithstanding that the
establishment heed wee meshed. The ilsrknear, the lona
mem the delasicem which would game in the courts of a
pei.ration, if diadem wen swept away, would completely
revolutionise the state es well es the church, and a weir of
chaos would raga wens throughout the lead dam
arileyay stepped in le restrain the licence of miscalled
Happily for the Church of England, it has better
defenders than these, men who know that its
strength is in the learning and piety of its ministers,
and their cordial union with their people. It
is curious to note how unreservedly the
Reviewer throws himself back upon the ar-
guments employed in 1832 against the Reform
Bill. An eminent tory of that day propounded the
doctrine that the Hones of Commons would be a
dangerous hod were it not open to the influence—
° the diegaised but well-known influence "—of the
'rows and the nristoeracy, and the writer in the
q:..rferly adopts the impudent &MI tiou in all its
pottiness. We are told
Of aU tee the, have been pramegattd by theo-
rises about our constitution, the grommet is that of the aqui-
OM ince of the three estatee—tadepeadent end cotilicleat. It
is it state of rex kit society which would uot exist a month.
Buxom power (however nominally di.u,buted) mast, la
punitice, be vested in one authority. With us that anthiceity
le the Home of C o1111:150601 but, In order to reveal thm
sub lily bring wholly popular end supreme over the other
tor,, the crown sad the atteccrecy bare a disguised but
we knows sa4 acktowledged itiloenee here, which pre-
serve* the teal balance, and obviated those dissensime and
colirions to which the some powers, operating in separate
end wholly lodepeorteut movements, would be liable. The
preset admixture of intense. in this house creates a certain
olaitinty which het acted like springs, mid has prevented
•i Ann collision w i:b the crown and the House of Lords.
Take away these iprings, and we must run the risk of jostling
"pleat each other.

'Theßeviewer concludes with a general denuncia-
tion of the dangers of reform :
Reform is a road which coaducte to a precipice. At the
flat ball there arises rayof •• Advancer." Another alms is
tweed, and ressosehle as. hope that they bavo rear the
goal, but sodden/7 they fled the serbis greater this ewer
of tool who cry,. Adm.*, advance! ' In ado the wise
lesds endeavour to e'e, ; as liresiatible force impels then
onwards. They berme stlU mon orisolons that they see
at; too. his/ the brisk • end they eagerly de•ire to rears
their *ape while yet th:sy ever epos the wAid eath. Bat
ea the, sees go Is "14 at themselves, and although they
know 'that they are heelers" to ruin. Let the middle
ea, we of this peat country, the tuanufarturers, the respect-
s] .0 tredirpevp:e, the fanners—a, in short, who employ
lai and pay waso—peas before they pet tharestleeissil
Ito .r property weds the immisios of Mar are. Unless
trey i,ita • stead, rid timely neistesee the fat,' boundary
w-11 te posed, whin they mil so longer beable to .carrel
11.0,111•111•1 and save dr lame.
The reader will be able to decide for himself whether
the peonies Tinted more resemble the reflections of
responsible stattsmanship or the fanatical chiding
of hopeiase and outgrown oligarchism. After won-
dering for some time bow a paper so irrational could
have found its war into a Review distinguished far
go.el taste, cheerful humour, and sound sense, it has
occurred to us en possible that we have been reading
the ie.:ly of a tomer distinguished editor of the
fp,a•ter/•, that, in fact, this article is one left over
hr Mr. Croke', and, by a my few moditioatioss,
adapted to the paling crisis.
Toe non•politiail ankles of the Qv/nicety are of
averse interest. We may call attention to an in-
tereeting article on Mr. Dyes?* Shakspeare, with a
ditcrimusating estimate of the labours of former
ce:ton ; a useful artele on Patents; and another
or that subject which is daily rising in importance,
tLe Lodging, Food, and press of our Soldiers. The
writs r of a pinata( paper on the Life and IVritings
of Johnson dame justice to some features in the cha-
racter of that extraordinary man which are not
generally apprtm:sted
A sew rwG apish.s sib into irlitsldeasce whim eon-
parol with a charity which was ooly bounded by his mere.
,• He L.y,A the poor,- voiles Mt.. Ihr..c, '• r I row re,
sew say one else do." A. he ski ie Laves, he was
',err fermatas teas the f. load." Be adest hie is-deer pen-
.sers he God • snamh,r c f oat-door &easiest; ad whoa
Ur ore !site were %hawed, he wroth Saussrable Stews
to etait th• catnhatieve of hie sequiliatease Ha fats
easily bestowed ell the Slyer is his picket ass the
L.twereble twinge who waylaid him es his pomp ins hls
Core le the tarsi where he died. Ewes is his ear=
dca d ors Is wield ge ap at Isiah' to the destitute
who ware iseplag upon the projecting stall, of shops or on
trellis of dews, sad stip a prisy Iwo their hands to be
ilium tweekihat, "and this;' adds Mr. Cr Jar, •• • hes he
k tring co re-noir.- Rapers, Le ore leopard,
Wl4 'is. • peal cam in LI a. When it Vll q.91....4 that It
we. welts balsas* upon begg•a, aeries they
only leid It ent ups gin or tobacco, he energetically ez•
claim. I, " And wt y should they he denied reh sweetest,*
of lair, ere I' Life la • pill which wee of us cee bear to
weenie eriftr-oat titer. Ts for the poor se delight in
'tripping It still Loo v, owl are sot wham, d to chow even '
width* difiaatere it ever the bitter trio r•loos from their
soothe.' He se tithe found a women of abeedosed
character Wag reviewed to the sales, sod ',Wog her up, he
eciee,ed ler ea hi. her kto hi• au bet her nursed
tell she reaevereel her health, and It.• 0.1 loot here efius.
des. A heattlew etas wool wed L. r by, a hoar.
sae sight My* rat her many; hat VI. Ito I. .wriced
isms Is the • le ef the wet p.hnl tiiort of London that
would brae takes up the ferias, rliored, sod dirty mil-
firer is hie sew sed carried her to to. Wh..', There are
charities which front their very I.IIIIIIDPIIO beanie sublime.
H. avowedly k.pt silty IOC! of his become for hie pareasel
wait., aeJ Mee. Ten& calculated air he dirt sot, is ha,
weal moor thee PM. 801. at moat. Hi. kirelner to dumb
orsituree err ss ciesepicors sit. way a. hi. heessiewe
loam. H. wed to go out bluest! to buy by were for hi cat,
lest if be put the servant, to the Cravat.. they should take •
&elite to the sisal, sit ass It ill.

The other papers are on Cardinal Wier man's List
Four l'opeo, on Breathtaking, on the Correspon-
dence of Lord Cornwallis, and on the Consular
Service.

S MAMPTON, news t f the birth
et • rr tndsoa of her Majesty wee telegraphed to the Mayor
emirs. sod koatedlately the church bell. were id
161.., .0 N. The metre retched the yacht. in the river Wet la
th. • ,teieg, Lod a royal relate was bred at tea o'clock teem
wear* yeat To-day fl.. were bcdoted ea the
Pu"c 4atidolle, to tommetectrate the joyful omit

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