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ESSE X.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for
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than the Manchester School. In this direction he
is nearer to the working-class type of Radicalism.
He can see how the State may organise and
express the real interests of the community in a
way quite impossible to individual or even corpo-
rate efforts, and he can estimate the different
degree of confidence placed in the State and in
any other possible organisation by the people.
and estimate the moral value of this difference—as
he has recently shown in his Annuities Bill. This
truer estimate of the State and its influence has mo-
dified Mr Giadstone's Radicalism in the direction
of the type we have called the working-men's Ra-
dicalism, as distinguished from that of the jealous
economical school. But on the other hand, the cliep
vein of what we hemp jelled Christian sentiwent, aa
distinguished troinAlle sturdy Christian ethics, in
his mind, the pacific humanitarian feeling which
makes him shrink from all war, not on principle,
but by instinct, which again when he has accepted
it makes him writhe painfully under the duty of
prosecuting it, and which makes him feel consum-
mation of a great injustice preferable to resisting it
at the cost of blood—the intellectual refinement
which gives him a distaste for the use of physical
force as something coarse and vulgar even when
most necessary—the Peelite prudence which over-
estimates the risk of a strong policy and under-
estimates the risk of a vacillating one—all these
qualities tend to modify Mr Giadstone's type of
Radicalism in the opposite direction to that of the
workingeclass type, and to strengthen in effect
white touching with a softer and warmer
colouring the policy of the Manchester School. In
short, Mr. Gledstone's Radicalism is, in rough type,
that of the captalist class,—eager, active, fertile of
economies and improvements, caring more for the
free scope of energy and capacity than for the pro-
tection of feeble individual rights such as those of
the slave. But the hardness of the outline is mo-
dified considerably both in intellect and sentiment.
It is in its picturesque effect as different from Mr.
Cobden's as the Iron outline of the horizon in a
March east wind from the blue distance of a sum-
mer sky. His reverence for the State—closely
connected with his reverence for the Church—
brings him nearer to the workingeclass ; his some-
what feminine Christianity and deficiency in sym-
pathy with rude popular justice, takes him further
in the opposite direction. But considered as a
whole his Radicalism, though not perhaps of the
most masculine type, has a more refined, a more
delicate, a more intellectual essence, than any of
the somewhat harsh and narrow creeds which have
hitherto gone by that name.
THE " EXAMINER" ON JUNIUS AND NEWSPAPER
WRITING.—If the best newspaper writing of the
present age surpasses the writing of Junius, the
public is very much to blame both for its want
of cariosity about the authorship of leading articles,
and for being generally content with one reading.
How many times was Junius read by the educated
and intellectual men of the last generation ? How
many passages were learnt by heart ? No such
compliment has been paid to any newspaper of
writing of the present century, Sufficient for the
day is the merit thereof. And if writing be so
immensely improved, how is it that the public
appreciation of it, and interest in its authorship,
have not kept pace with the progress ? Is it that
Juniuses are so common nowadays that no one asks
questions about them ? But Junius was not really
a newspaper writer. He wrote, indeed, in a
newspaper, but without the hard conditions of a
newspaper writer. He took time to prepare
his essays, and to polish the style to the highest
degree, He bad his choice of subjects, and could
touch and retouch his composition till he satisfied
his nice judgment. Regular newspaper writing,
generally against time, is very different sort of
work. It must be off hand, pro re nata, struck off
at a heat, and with little opportunity for correction
and emendation. The preparation must be in the
mind beforehand, not in any stage of the hasty
performance. The task being so much more ardu-
ous than that of the writer who composed and cor-
rected at leisure, the newspaper writer who could
equal Junius would be very much his superior in
the powers of the authorship. But we think that
Junius stands unequalled, and must remain un-
equalled, by any writer, whatever his genius or
accomplishments, who labours under the disadvan.
tages of a daily or weekly press, requiring prompt
performance and allowing little room for second
thoughts and the polishing hand. It is wonderful
in such circumstances that the writing is so good,
that the rough cast has so little that lacks mending
and smoothing; but, as the Greeks say, "it
is a grievous thing to be over-praised," and let us
deprecate this wrong to newspaper composition.
At the Manchester meeting Mr Gladstone observed
—" The great organs of the press, as you well
know, are conducted by some of the most accom.
plished minds of the country. Many of the arti-
cles written in those pipers before the repeal of the
paper duty were worthy of taking a place in the
permanent literature of England. I well remember
being in company with Sir R. Peel, not less than
30 years back, when a question was raised about
the authorship of ' Junius.' You well remember
how great a national as well as a literary sensation
was produced at the time by the publication of those
letters; in point of fact, the intense controversy
with respect to the authorship may enable us to
measure the importance of those letters as a politie
cal phenomenon of the times; But when that ques-
tion was in discussion in private conversation, the
literary merit of the letters themselves was also
brought under view, and I well recollect that Sir Ro-
bert Peel gave at once his opinion that the letters
of Junius were not as well written as the Times."
The opinion of Sir Robert Peel was entitled to great
weight upon matters
of finance, upon details of
government, and administrative questions, but he
was no literary authority, and we are surprised that
Mr Gladstone should have quoted his crude judg-
ment upon such a subject. There was no refine.
ment in the mind of Sir Robert Peel, and we can
easily understand its inability to appreciate the
keen points and consummate finish of ' Junius.' Sir
Robert Peel was not a sufficiently good writer to be
a critical reader, and seldom did a note of his appear
without some sin against good taste. He was,
indeed, not the man to judge of the thing in
which he was remarkably deficient. Like many
other debaters, his speech was far above his
writing, but his speech had faults of inelegance.
He did not always pronounce the h where it ought
to have been pronounced, and he pronounced it
where it ought not to have been heard. And,
farther, he occasionally slipped into expressions
belonging to the diction of Mrs Malaprop. It
is no disparagement of a man with the powers and
attainments of Sir Robert Peel to say that the re-
finements were out of his way, and pure English
may have seemed to him insipid. We remember
hearing an opinion upon Junius very much like that
of Sir Robert Peel, hazarded by a young man in
the presence or a true critic, who disposed of it in
three words, "Read him again." Perhaps, if Sir
Robert Peel had read Junius again he would have
amended his judgment upon him, for there were
few questions upon which he had not held opposite
opinions at different times.
r literaryi ting
of the Times and
The comparison be-
man would have
Juniustmwaede en.
ithe
To expellentnheew hich
limes
n writing
is
written by several
hands, with their respective and peculiar styles,
which cannot be brought into comparison
expres-
sion " well written" is, The
ryvague. It
with the writing of one author.
may mean style, or it may mean no more than cor-
rectness in grammar and diction. Probably what
was in Sir Robert Peel's mind was simply that the
writing in the limes pleased him as much as the
writing of Junius, the very merits of which could
neither be found in the treatment of current topics
in a newspaper, nor suited to the appropriate
handling of a diversity of subjects. What we dis-
like is the disparagement which accords too well
and flatters its self
age,
a model, the less ? And it is
a
siwnuiffitt hhcei theeEncnyg.lEnglish
propensitychlya scsiacosstf
?tdho
nowre we the better for
having a standard,
Junius from his place
not alleged the model is faulty, though much might
be said on that score, but that it has been
equalled by another, which has not the
fixed permanent form to mould a taste.
slipshod
Not that we think an imitation of Junius desirable,
for he is too artificial a writer, even if imitation
cor-
rective to the slovenliness which i 5 becoming more
wanedremevoerer gporoevd,albeuntt,htihse nicetieslip s ho d
would serve as
style of the very
easy writing is hard reading, We regret
that Mr Gladstone did not give
us his own judge
meat upon the merits of Junius inetead of screening
himself behind Sir Robert Peel's opinion. If it be
true that it is a consolation to have companions in
misfortune, the shade of Junius may derive comfort
from the fact that the finest political writer of
France, Paul Louis Courrier, obtains mention in
Lord Stanhope's Life of Conde, only as a libeller, or
pamphleteer. Courrier may have had as much art
in his composition as Junius', but if so, he had withal
the art to conceal it, and to wear the grace of nature
in the most cutting exposures of tyranny and
hypocrisy.
"THE QUEEN" ON THE ROYAL BABY.—The arrival of
the infant Prince at Hull, en route from Denmark to Bal-
moral, was an event in Babydom. Certainly there never

was so much fuss made about a child of ten months old as
there was by the Corporation and inhabitants of that town,
where, it would seem, a certain amount of dissatisfaction
prevails on account of the rarity of the occasions upon which
it has been visited by royalty. The good people of Hull
should, however, remember that if their port does not ex-
actly "lead nowhere," it lies on the road to and from very
few places. Denmark is, indeed, one of these ; and in the
event (a very improbable one, we must admit) of her
Majesty paying a visit to "the Majesty of Denmark," it is
not impossible that she may give occasion for the good
people of Hull to manifest their loyalty. Acting, however
(we may fairly presume) upon the principle that a small
excuse is better than none, all Hull turned out to do
honour to the baby. The London daily papers gives elabo-
rate accounts of the manner in which the baby was re-
ceived. According to the Morning Post, as soon as
Salamis (the steamer which bore the child) was
sighted. "a message was sent to the Mayor in-
forming him of the arrival of the royal infant," whereupon
"his worship, wearing his robes of office, soon made his
(awndhoestebeprregseenntcleemoenn, thet
b occasion verynuepten
appearance on the pier." The mayor, accompanied by the
gs
be
lrei sheriff a
steamer i n t intelli-
gible), i -
and steamed out to meet the Salamis. They encountered
her outside the harbour, and the mayor and sheriff, accom-
panied by tha Danish consul, went on board. Here, how-
ever, they were destined to receive "a damper," for the
Countess de Grey and Ripon (who had charge of the baby),
accompanied by the wet nurse, informed them that the
child would be kept on board all night, and land next
morning at half-past 8 o'clock. Another reporter, who is
evidently fond of entering into details, informs us that " the
prince was said to have suffered rather severely from sea-
sickness." The mayor, however, had no alternative but to
return and "inform the multitude" that had assembled of
the proposed arrangement, and to request the common
councilmen of the borough to meet him early next
morning for the purpose of receiving his Royal High-
ness. The circumstances of that reception are carefully
recorded by an eyewitness. The mayor, aldermen, common-
councilmen and the Danish Consul were all in attendance,
as also were "thousands of persons." We are told that the
pier was lined on either side with persons anxious to see
the Royal infant. Although the weather was rather raw,
their desires were gratified. The infant Prince was held
up, and his face uncovered. Mrs Davis, the wife of Mr
Sheriff Davis, on his Royal Highness being brought to the
pier, went forward and presented him with a toy in the
shape of a white fur rabbit. The Countess de Grey and
Ripon, the wet nurse, and other attendants then took their
seats in the carriages which were in attendance. The
party drove through the streets at a rapid pace, followed by
an enthusiastic and by no means orderly crowd. At the
Paragon-street railway station of the North Eastern Coun-
ties a vast multitude of people had congregated to have a
view of the royal baby, and their conduct was somewhat
boisterous, so much so that the police who were in attend-
ance had considerable difficulty in keeping the people
from surrounding the nurse in whose arms his royal
highness was. A special train was drawn up near the
platform, and the party at once took their seats in the royal
saloon carriage. To gratify the general wish as much as
possible the baby was held up at the windows of the carriage,
in order that the crowd might see his face. The train left
the station about half-past eight o'clock amidst groat cheer-
ing. Dr Sieveking, the medical attendant, and Mr Norton,
the Queen's messenger, went with the train, and in the
same saloon with the Prince were the wet nurse and another
lady—a French nurse. The Earl and Countess de Grey
remained in Hull. The royal train is expected to arrive at
Balmoral this °venlig, where the young Prince will be taken
charge of by his grandmamma,the Queen." We must confess
that, highly as we appreciate the value of genuine loyalty
and the feeling of attachment towards the royal family, we
can regard this absurd demonstration on the part of grave
men, seriously endeavouring to celebrate the advent among
them of a child of ten months old only as a ridiculous and
inexplicable piece of snobbishness. It was not enough for the
poor little creature to have braved the storms of the North
Sea, but it must also be sickened by the fulsome nonsense
of the Mayor of Hull. Nor does the violence of the waves
appear in any way to have been more embarrassing and
disagreeable than the boisterous conduct of the Hull mob,
which seems to have rendered the intervention of the police
necessary for the preservation of the integrity of his royal
highness's limbs. Surely this story of the baby's reception
(if it come to be quoted abroad), will be received with no
little ridicule. Alter landing at Hall, the baby was taken,
Lye way of Edinburgh, to Balmoral, where it arrived on
Tuesday afternoon. The reporters who chronicle the event,
surmise that " it may interest mothers to know that the
royal babe wore a blue dress, with grey cloak edged with
white fur, and white hat turned with blue r:bands," This
may set the fashion among babies.

THE "LONDON REVIEW" ON BANTINGISM.—The
respective effects of sugar and of starch upon the human
person still continue to be a matter of vehement dis-
cussion in the daily papers. The poet tells us that the
world knows nothing of its greatest men. It is beginning
to know a good deal about ite fattest men, for they are all
writing vehemently, one after another, to the London press
upon the interesting subject of their obesity. Their mis•
sionary ardour is very pleasant and very catching. It is a
pity that Mr Banting and Mr Mechi did not live in the
days of Shakespeare. Hamlet need never have wished
in vain that his too, too solid flesh would melt. Fal-
staff would have reduced his size in three weeks
by forswearing sack, and might, at the expiration of the
time, have marched through Coventry as thin as the
rest of his regiment. The rapid induction which led Julius
Clew to his famous estimate of the relative conspirator-
power of fat and of lean men might, again, have been
seriously upset ,by the introduction of saccharine matter
into the diet of Cassius and Brutus. There is, however,
one remarkable circumstance connected with the Banting
controversy which has never been hitherto observed. It
seems odd that it is only the very fat men who experiment
upon themselves, and who publish the result of their
expe-
riments in the Times from month to month. Where are all
the lean men ? Where are those whipping-posts who never
took sugar in their coffee, and who suddenly ,have become
respectably full-bodied by feeding on it in quantities?
As yet, they have made no sign; though, if sugar is poison
to the rotund, it ought to be a godsend to every Master
Slender in the country. The fat kine are having it all their
own way. The lean kine appear to be of a more retiring
disposition, and leave the columns of the press clear for the
epistolary correspondence of those whose figures, like Ring
Arthur's round table, are the image of the mighty world.
Admiral Fitzroy's drum has become, after much dispute,
a staple portion of the daily intelligence of the Times. Mr
Mechi'e weighing machine is, doubtless, as scientific and
certainly as interesting a study as either the drum of the
worthy Admiral or the thermometer of Mr Lowe. It ought
: I
bercisik andan dMr
buoyant,
Bantingoyant, ought to figure next in order after
to have a column assigned to it as well; and, for the sake of
symmetry, the special intelligence about the bodily state of
Mr
r h
the news of the molasses and trhi‘eireincheimwanrkneldt.
plrirnhbaebnl my obleasses
were
ex-
actly the reverse. Ricer and Banting would be flat together.
A quick trade in the sugar market would imply that a pro-
portionate number of British subjects were growing heavy;
and if Mr Buckle was still alive ho would find no more
difficulty in tracing the moral character of Mr Banting's
disciples to the fluctuations in starch, than he has in de-
ducing the qualities of the Egyptian from his lotus, or the
Indian from his rice. There aro a certain number of vege-
tarians who insist that vegetable diet is the true path to
human happiness and virtue. The testimony of Mr Bant-
ing goes far to prove that there is something in their rea-
soning. It is evident that domestic life may be cloudy or
sunshiny, according as a man takes his tea plain or with
cream. The milk jug and the sugar basin are the great
enemies of the human race. If Hogarth could only revisit
these earthly scenes, pencil in hand, he might have given
us a pendant to the Rake's Progress. The first tableau
might depict the fated and unhappy youth as ho appears in
all the beauty of pristine slimness before he ever came across
a cow, or was tempted to make acquaintance with the pro-
duce of the sugar cane. In an evil hour he is introduced to a
sugar tongs, which proves his ruin. He no longer enjoys
the happy and innocent pleasure of slimness. In the sequel
he is seen gradually growing fatter and fatter as he pro-
gresses from one lump in his cup to more. The last
scene of the eventful history is indeed a harrowing one.
The wretched man has become a confirmed sugar drinker.
He is unwieldy and rotund ; he is obliged to get out of
cabs and to go down stairs backwards. He has not tied
his own shoes for years. He is observed seated sadly at
his breakfast table, surrounded by honeys and jams of
every description, the instruments of his moral destruction
In the foreground are an emptied butter dish and a sugar
basin of portentous size. In the background are the full
demons of corpulency and breathlessness waiting to hurry
him to his grave. Such is the sugar drinker's progress,
the decline and fall of man from his condition of sugarless
simplicity. A scientific F.R.S. has very properly called
attention to the fact that anti-saccharine experiments, if
they are worth making at all, ought to bo methodically and
and so
iof
tellaOchlisebottohtleiarl
e in their turn.
3upaponentii
fuieai properaaryn dlsvCi Chinr t fihi%Cie e
cpqhruji ne
sct i to) lue.s.
acknowledge
Both of them appear to be imbued with the true spirit
of the Baconian philosophy. Mr Mechi takes care to
weigh himself at proper hours and in the proper costume.
He keeps his scales in his dressing-room, and jumps into
them with the same regularity as that with which other
men jump into their bath. The F.R.S., however, is right
in the main. It is undesirable that so important a branch
of natural philosophy should be left to the empiric experi-
menting of any pair, howevet conscientious and however
fat. The investigation ought to be conducted on a large
area, and under proper scientific supervision, We learn
that a paper on the subject of Bantingism was read at
. Bath before the British Association, That illustrious body
has a fund from which it assists worthy experiments, such