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W Ith The Help Of A Little Patience And ...
Among the home topics of the week , poaching affrays , with sacrifice of life , are prominently noticeable from their number . The pertinacity ¦ w ith which the landlords cling to their barbarous feudal rights iu the face of an improved intelligence that loudly condemns them , and will one da } ' compel them to loose their hold , is a stain upon the morals of the country—an arbitrary exercise of power , under cover of laws obsolete in spirit , that can find no support ia veason . The preservation of game is a source of constant trouble and loss to the tenant farmer , a horrible , temptation to the peasant , aud increases largely both county and poor-rates . The arguments used in favour
of the maintenance of the Game Laws will not hold , upon being taxed .: the strongest is , that to abolish the Game Laws would be to throw private property open to the trespass of the idle and vicious ; but would not the presexit law of trespass amply suffice to guard all the legitimate rights of private property ?—do they not amply suffice in all other cases than in this solitary one of the preservation of game ? Unfortunately , the force of public opinion is not likely to press for an immediate settlement ; of this ugly question , the generosity of townspeople not being directly interested in the matter ; it isj nevertheless , a question in which the moral reputation of the whole country is involved .
There seems at last to be a chance that the metropolitan railway scheme , of which we hare heard at intervals for a good inany years , may be brought to bear . A . large meeting , called by the Lord Mayor , took place at the London Tavern on Wednesday , to hear a statement of Mr . Pearson ' s " recent proceedings to obtain improved railway accommodation for the City . " Mr . Pearson ' s scheme , which out of several that are before the public , is the one that finds most popular favour , aims at furnishing remedies for many acknowledged evils , the overcrowding of the streets of the City with vehicles
of all kinds , and the more dangerous overcrowding of the dwellings of the workiug population of the City . He states boldly that for the sum of one shilling per week the workman may be conveyed to a vastly superior dwelling-place out of town , and yield to the Metropolitan Railway Company a handsome profit . The feeling of the meeting , which was attended by Lord John Russell , Baron Rothschild , and a great number of City magnates , was warmly in favour of the undertaking . The Metropolitan Railway Company has already raised 450 , 000 / ., and the public are asked to subscribe 300 , 000 / . more for the accomplishment of the work . It will be strange indeed if so small a swn is not soon forthcoming .
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The Galvat Ocean Line . — : The scheme of an Atlantic Ocean line from Gal way , which has been welcomed so warmly by the public , id calculated to promote Irish prosperity in many ways not perceived by the superficial thinker ,, Already it has greatly improved the formerly deserted and deplorably apathetic town of Galway . Thefo ia a healthy bustle under its fine old Spanish gateways , and its shopkeepers display an animated pushing habit quite new to them , and quite English in its aspect . 'Without seeking to exaggerate tho value of the new steam lino to tho district ono
cannot but perceive that it has , even now , shaken several Connaught towns , besides Galway , out of their slumber , and induced the inhabitants of Limerick to discover that they have been time out of mind neglecting thoir superior advantages . A number of the Belfast manufacturers now carry on their linen trade with America vld Galway , and several of the most eminent Irish cornfdetors , millers , and distillers , export and import largely by tho same route . The nautical authorities must fight it out among themselves whether Foynes is a bettor Araorican port than Galway , or preferable to Cork , or half a dofcon other harbour ' s that have boon dragged into tho struggle ; that duscussion would not bo
suitable hero . It is our part , however , to montlpn that tho facility of communication with Belfast which Gftlway will Onjoy , when a railway now projected has boon laid down , must glv o tho Connaught port a strong argument . It would bo equally Improper to onlor , in this pnper , into the question whether mi Irish lino for America -will pay ; the problem is under solution in an Interesting manner , and wo aro patriotic enough to cloairo its success , convinced , as wo aro , that tho country will bo largely tho gainer by that l'oaulr , not only in tho solid advantaged arising from Increased trado with thu States , but in tho character whloh wo Irishmen inuat gather from our newhorn sympathy with practical oularprhoti . — - Dublin University Mugcwinefor ZJeceiitOer .
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POLITICAL FORESHAJDOWINGrS . Dr . M » Hale on Reform . —The apathy of the Irish press and public respecting tho Reform question has been remarkable . It lias been reserved for Dr . M'Hale , the Rohian Catholic Archbishop of Tuam , to Lreak silence on the subject , which he does in a voluminous letter written to a Dublin paper , in which he addresses Lord Derby , and endeavours to impress upon him that the evil felt most acutely in Ireland is the inability of the tenant class to exercise the elective franchise conscientiously without incurring the landlord ' s vengeance ; he points out the Ballot as the only remedy , without -which , he says , any increase of the suffrage would only be an increase of the evil . The Archbishop also denounces the Established Church in Ireland , the QueenV Colleges , and the National System of
Educa-. The Ioxi . vx Question . —On Saturday there appeared an official article in the Hera Id , denying that the government has or ever had the least intention of changing the relations between the Crown and the Ionian liepublic , established by the Treaty of 1815 . The suggestions of Sir John Young ' s despatch were entirely repudiated . Sir John himself , according to our contemporary , has since abandoned them as untenable . Forty SiiiliA > ' & Freeholds . — A deputation of Scottish Reformers waited , on Monday , on the Lord
Advocate , in Edinburgh , and urged the importance of granting the same privileges to Scotland as to England , in the matter of the forty shilling freehold franchise . The deputation was received very courteously , and the Lord Advocate stated that he will not view the question on the narrow ground of technicality in legal forms . No movement of a political character has taken so strong a hold upon the Scotch community as the extension of the freehold franchise of forty shillings to the working classes . A . requisition has already received many influential signatures in Glasgow for Mr . Bright
to visit that city . The" B-U . lot Society . —A deputation has waited upon the Lord JIayor , and asked him to head a petition to the House of Commons in favour of the ballot . His Lordship complied with the request , and presented a donation of 51 . to the funds of the association . Newcastle . —A great political demonstration was held on Monday in connexion with the Northern Reform Union . Many hundreds had to go away from the large hall , unable to obtain admittance . William Cook , Esq ., President of the Union , was in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Joseph Cowen , jun ., Charles Lai-kin , and James Paul Cobbet . It is described as having been one of the most remarkable meetings , both for numbers and enthusiasm , ever held at Newcastle . Manhood suffrage , vote by ballot , arid shorter Parliaments formed the burden of tho speeches .
Parliamentary Reform Committee . —This organisation has greatly strengthened itself by adherents from all ranks siuce the recent conference at the Guildhall CotFee-hbuse . Several additions have been made to the committee , and subscriptions for large and small amounts continue to flow into the treasury . Gloucester . — -At a meeting held a few nights ago , a memorial to the Queen , repudiating the Chinese Treaty , and praying her Majesty to refuse to receive tho indemnity , was unanimously adopted . Other memorials for the same object are now being extensively signed .
Mr . Walter , M 4 —At an entertainment ut Nottingham on Tuesday , this honourable gentleman said : - —' " Wo aro on the evo of a session pregnant with great and stirring events , perhaps with dangers , of which no man can foresee the result . By a remarkable and unlookedfor , combination of circumstances that great party in tho State from which wo could least uavq expected a measure of reform has found itself invested , not only with tho honours and responsibilities of office , but with tho self-imposed duty of remodelling our representative system . Tho position of a Conservative Administration charged with tho preparation of a Reform Bill must be a ruthor delicate and trying one . I earnestly trust tlmt tho ensuing session will not bo allowed to pass without tho question being brought to a deciaivo and satisfactory settlement . Nothing is so injurious to tho moral or physical condition of a man as tho conviction , whotlier
right or wrong , that ho is labouring under somo constitutional disorder , and , if ho is wise ,, ha will lose not a moment in endeavouring to ascertain and to eradicate tho cause of his compliant . I am in no dogroo in tho confidence of tho present Administration , and , haloed , I must do thorn tho justice to say that , although thoy hava not been uniformly suocoHanU in kocping private and confidential dasputuhos out pf tho columns of tho newspapers ( a laugh ) , yet In rogard to thoir monsuro of Reform thuy havo contrived to koop their secret uncommonly well . My oxporionco as a member of Parliament loads mo to tho conclusion that , whatever shnjio Reform may take with respect to thu constitution oft 1 ' House of Commons . It is not dosirablo that tho mr ~* ° of that branch of tho Legislature should bo an ^> w « rs It niiiioftra to mo that tho groat principle . u > - -tjmoatoa . ° * l ,, on whloh wo
ought to proceed is well expressed in the famous Mot ~ of Burke , that we should ' cherish in our mind ? T ability to improve with the disposition to ' preserve f ® by so doing we shall best diacharge the dutv weowPT our country , and most effectually maintain ami atnpli rate the inheritance which Providence has comtbittedh ? our charge . " ro Mr . Bkach , M . P ., and Mr . Sclatku Booth Mp _ On Wednesday , the members for the northern division of Hampshire met their constituents at Basingstoke M Beach , referring to late events in France , said English ' men would sympathise with any one who suffered in i cause so noble as that of the liberty of the press bat Jiow much must that sympathy be increased when thev recollected that it vras because the Comte de Montnlom bert had spoken in praise of the institutions of England
that he had been subjected to the treatment he had received . He could not avoid expressing the appreheu " sions he entertained when he contemplated the condition of a neighbouring country ; he could not but remember the old adage which reminded them with so much simplicity and truth that their property was always in danger when their neighbour ' s house was oh fire . No thinking man in this country could contemplate without the most serious apprehensions the prospect of a convulsion in France . Turning to the present political condition of our own country , he alluded to the promised measure of Parliamentary Reform . lie believed the earnest and sincere desire of tliG people of England to be not tLial they should attempt to destroy but to improve the constitution . If that was their opinion it
behoved all those who would have to consider this question of Parliamentary reform to be careful how they destroyed , unless at the same time they built-up our political institutions , aud placed them " upon a firmer and sounder basis . —Mr . Sclater Booth said that , in one respect , the times were completely changed ! The age of violent party faction had vanished , and it was to the forbearance and tho liberal interpretation , of their acts by the couutry that the present or any future Government ¦ would have to look for its continued existence . He could not but think that there would be the greatest necessity in the next session for the exercise of a ipirit of moderation and liberality . He trusted that the Government would be supported until some reference was made on the subject to the people at large .
llo >\ G . Xokl , M . P ., and Hon . G . II . Heathcote , M . I ' . —At an agricultural meeting at Oakham , on Wednesday , tlie members for Rutlandshire were present . The Hon . G . Noel said , on thtMjuestiuii of Parliamentary Reform , he would never support ' a one-sided party measure , brought forward by a faw for the purpose of aggrandising one class at * , thu expense of another . Nor would he support such a . measure as was shadowed forth by Mr . Bright in his speech at Birmingham , and which , if carried out , would destroy all that we in this country held dear—the Queen , the Lords , aud the . Church . Such a measure would , he thought , bo most distasteful to this country in particular , because if England were to be and those districts
divided into electoral districts , received representatives in proportion to population only , the most disagreeable rosult . 1 would follow . Iho lion , member for Birmingham , Mr . Bright , was always holding up America ns a model , and would assimilate our institutions to those existing in that country . Now lucre was no country where so much veal liberty was enjoyed in thought and action as in England . 1 » America men were slaves to public opinion , and dared not cxprca their sentiments freely and openly , as wo do licw . ' Hon . G . 11 . Heathcote said . — " Wo are like y to bwe two Reform IJills-ono from Lord Derby and tho otb « from MrBrihtMrJBrijjht I" likely to > - to- f «
. g . . . g even for hi * own party . I havo the . ( icauain k of several good reformers , and they think Hint tlw horn member for Birmingham is likely to go too [«'<"" £ them . In . truth , it seems to mo that those ult . a g « me men do not altogether ngroo . among the mselves . * mj talk about others being illiberal , but I think UW tit em solves generally look a lit tle to ' number one . m Edinburgh , for instance , they have been add ., ff n bu J point to tho Charter , and tUey ovon « iy tlw « t "W jS . thoy should havo somo more members for ^««" Under tlieso circumstances I think it behove * the n » n culturhts at least to consider what bearing lho |» ^ cultumts ( it least to consiuui wmn- *<«•»•»« --- ¦ - o £
moasuro is likely to have upon thoir interest . »« r ttoTsmall boroughs aro situated in tho conlro oJ nb J tural communities , and their own properlty «> l > ° » » k upon tho prosperity of tho uumniuiliiig '"* ,., V | . gonomlly jrotum men who liavo your uitorusw iu At present tho boroughs pel urn a largo blmro o ¦ bora ; but If you tuko from clio biiihII boroughs "'^ Ju , ( l inoro rojiroaCMitativoa to tho largo towns , ^"' ^^ ,. . rather bo luoruaaiii' ; the anomaly , I * or " . ° lvl , rillj « nt mombor that a <\ ounty muinbui' ilous uoi «"'/ lll lUed tho county , liu ^ i , o alHorc-inx-aoiitti tlio Uiv t ; ' ;' in thatco . ^ ty . , v ilo a borough > n , M ., b <> » g , u «¦»}¦ t- ; , 0 uoriugU with W ' hich he ¦ » . noaul . ^ « . " •" . thattliaro b » " « oh moro - ^ j ^ '' .. tinly . 1 '"'/ tir ^ uirTio ^ rSvo r ^ ^^ T ^^ r ^^ rJi know notlilutf « n t | io oouutlus . ^ ' »«» » 'inw
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 4, 1858, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04121858/page/4/
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