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J174 ' THE LEADER, [N T o. 298, Saturday
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Leader Office, Saturday, December 8th . ...
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THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY DISCLOSURES...
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Meetings on the Wab . —Mr . C & rdwell , M . F ., and Mr . Henley , M . P ,, have expressed themselves in favour of . a vigorous prosecution of the war , at the annual council dinner given at Oxford to the ex-Mayor . Mr . Wise , M . P ., has spoken to a similar effect at Stafford ; and Mr . Williams , M . P ., at a meeting of his constituents at Lambeth ,, where a vote of confidence in him as their representative was passed . A meeting of Poles at Preston , to commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of their revolution , was chiefly distinguished by a motion declaring that any treaty of peace with Eussia , which does not provide for the independence of Poland , will be futile .
The Bank Charter Act . —A meeting was held at the London Tavern , on Wednesday , to consider the state of our monetary system , and the influence of the Bank Charter Act of 1844 on domestic industry and foreign commerce . The chair was taken by Mr . F . Bennock , who denounced the plan now pursued of basing the value of notes on the quantity of gold in the cellars of the Bank of England , and pointed out that the amount of notes issued by the various British banks now ranges from £ 42 , 000 , ODO to ^ 44 , 000 , 000 , and that the notes depend for their convertibility on about eleven millions of gold in the bank , while on each million of the notes rest from four to five millions of bills of exchange . The withdrawal of one million of gold , therefore , said Mr . Bennock , endangers the circulation of at least twenty millions . Mi * . T . C . Salt , of Birmingham , thought the rule
should be that money should be issued until every honest labourer has found employment at remunerative pi-ices : an opinion which caused some laughter . Mr . J . Lockhart defended the Bank Charter Act ; attributed commercial distresses to monopolies ; and hinted at , but would not press ( as it was against the feelings of the meeting ) , a motion in favour of stopping the war . —Mr . Jonathan Duncan moved a resolution , declaring that no system of money could be satisfactory which did not return gold to its natural character as a commodity , so that it might find its value under the ordinary laws of supply and demand . This was almost unanimously carried ; and so also was the final resolution , to the effect that such national paper money may be issued under conditions calculated to remedy the objections usually urged against paper money , and that the matter be referred for consideration to a committee .
The Religious Wab in Belgravia . —Dr . Lushington , on Wednesday , gave judgment in the cases of Mr . Westerton and Mr . Beale , against the Rev . Mr . Xilddell and others connected with . St . Barnabas , Pimlico . It will be recollected that the action was to restrain Mr . Liddell , the Puseyite clergyman , from employing certain Popish decorations in the church of St . Barnabas ; and the judgment of the Consistory Court has beeu in the main in favour of Messrs . Westerton and Beale , but no award has been made with regard to costs . The effect of his judgment ( which was of great length , and occupied three hours in delivery ) will of course be to necessitate the removal of the ornaments .
The Billeting System . —A meeting of licensed victuallers condemnatory of the present billeting system , has been held in Worship-square . It was resolved that a deputation should wait on Sir George Grey . The BiBLE-BuuifiNa . —The grand jury , on the Dublin commission , having found true bills against the Redemptorjst father Petch . rine , the trial was fixed for yesterday ( Friday ) morning . The Governor op the Middlesex House of
Detention . —The Middlesex magistracy having taken into consideration , on Thursday , the evidence with regard to the misconduct of Lieutenant Hill , in breaking the rules of the prison for the advantage of Messrs . Strahau , Paul , and Bates , called the Governor before them and reprimanded him ; adding , that he would be reinstated in his office , from which ho had been temporarily removed ; but that he would lose biB salary from the timo ho had boon suspended . A resolution was passed , censuring tho conduct of the Chaplain .
SwiTiiiriELD Mabket . —A project is on foot , for converting the site of Smithfield Market into a deadment market , to be connected by u railway with tho abattoirs in Copenhagen Fields . T « E ) Manchester Turn-out . —The self-acting ¦ winders aud piercers of Mauohoator are still " out , and a" roply has been issued by them to the manifohto of tho masters . In this document , they etato , in answer to the charge of seeking to ooerce the markets by combination , tlxut they have had no
organisation since 1847 , and that only two advances hftvo tukon place ia Manchester during the last elovon years . They deny that the averugo of thoir earnings 18 more than that of tho surrounding towns , it being oven losa than tho wugos of some towns ; and describe as an untruth tho assertion of thoir employers , " that thq advance doinandod and obtained in 1863 was an improper one , and all tho towns having long alnco withdrawn thoso advances , tho masters in Monohoator must follow their examplo . " Ashton is cited as an instance , to tho contrary : and
others , it is added , might be mentioned . The masters also are severely criticised for having said in their address that " the question at issue is not one of . benevolence , but one of a purely commercial character ; " upon which the turn-outs remark : — " There was a time when English gentlemen were proud of their benevolence and their kindly feelings to their workpeople , but benevolence is now eschewed for things of a ' purely commercial character . * "—In answer to the foregoing , Messrs . Birley and Co ., and six other of the firms whose hands are on strike , have put forth a " Second Reply " to the operatives , in which they reiterate their fornxer statement , that organised efforts for increasing wages have been made
by the workmen for some years past , and have succeeded so well that the employers have been obliged to organise also . The artisans ai'e reminded that their wages might be made much more than 18 s . a-week , even at the reduced rates , if they were willing to work the mules in the manner proposed by . the masters ; but , it is added , attempts have been made to compel hands who are quite satisfied to join the strike . As regards the Ashton prices , the roasters say they should be very willing to re-open at those rates ; and they affirm , that the operatives promised , when the advance of 1853 was conceded at Manchester , that they would consent to its withdrawal on a reduction of trade .
" Too Great a Tory . "—A meeting has been held at Oldham to condeinu the re-marriage , by the Rev . Mr . Lush , of a man and woman who had been already married in a Dissenting chapel . Mr . Lush has published a defence of himself in which he says that he acted in conformity with the wishes of the parties themselves , who felt that they had not been properly married , and that such was the impression of many of their neighbours . Alluding to the opinion that his conduct was in defiance of the principles of civil and religious liberty , the holy Lush observes : — " I am too high a Churchman and too great a Tory to be
very conversant with the principles of civil and religious liberty , commonly so called ; but in my simplicity I should have thought that the liberty ought not to be all on one side . " He has just before made some disparaging remarks on the advocates of civil and religious freedom . This is the very essence of Toryism—to condemn that which it professes and boasts itself to be ignorant . What a large chapter in the history of feudal and " High Church " England is here abbreviated into a sentence ! Mr . Lush also says that he acted in harmony with the law ; but we should like to know what the law itself say . g .
The Inquisition at Rome . —The Piedmonte of Turin publishes a letter from Rome , giving the following account of the tribunal of the Inquisition at Rome at the present time :- — " The old palace of the Inquisition having been turned into barracks for the French troops , the tribunal has been transferred to the interior of the Vatican , where the Dominicans occupy a part which none but those who have grown old in the palace can ever find , such is the intricacy and multiplicity of the stairs ,-passages , and secret corridors , that lead to it . When the inquisitors want either to arrest or question you , they neither send officers of justice nor a warrant ; such extreme measures are only reserved for those who attempt to
escape ; but a gentleman calls upon you in a quiet way ., and informs you that the Holy Office requests the pleasure of your company . Should you happen to expostulate , tho quiet gentleman politely suggests the expediency of being punctual . When you z-each the outer court of tho Vatican , you find a priest who conducts you to the tribunal , and if you are only summoned as a witness , it is he who couducta you back . When in tho presence of the inquisitor , you are mado to swear that you will speak tlio truth ; your answers to tho questions pub to you are written down in Latin ; and , before being x'eleasod , you must take another oath that you will reveal nothing of what you have either seen or haard . "
A Journal Published on 3 hh > boabi > . —Wo have received by post from Melbourne a volume of the While Star Journal , a record of events which occurred on the last voyage of this vessel from Liverpool to Melbourne . Tho journal was published by Mr . H . Dovoy , " at his office , 99 , between decks , " aud was edited by Mr . A , W . Somplo , whose ability aud tact may be estimated from tho fact that on ' . ho arrival of the vessel ut Melbourne lio was waited upon by a deputation from the lady passengers , and presented with a beautiful gold pencil-oaso . This ainusiug and varied magazine presents , in an agreeable manner ,
many particulars of the " microcosm , " if wo may use the term , of emigraub and naval life , while progressing to tho southern hemisphere . In it wo find births marriages , and deaths recorded ; advertisements of artioloa to bo sold and artiolos wauted , of keys , brooohos , and other personal appendages lost or mislaid , & o . Tho weathor and nautical phenomena , of course , constitute " a leading feature , " and , joined with poetry , essays , correspondence , onbiu and poop tittle-tattle , must have contributed iauoli fco disperse the ennui attendant upon a voyage of ho many tuou-Band miles . — Wolverhampton Chronicle .
J174 ' The Leader, [N T O. 298, Saturday
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Leader Office, Saturday, December 8th . ...
Leader Office , Saturday , December 8 th . THE CZAR'S DESIRE FOR PEACE . The pros and cons of the great question of the hour whether or not we are to have peace—maintain their wordy wax-fare up to the conclusion of the week . A letter from Vienna , of the 29 th ult ., in the Weser Gazette , says : — "In contradiction to what has been stated in several newspapei-s , vre think we can affirm that the desire for peace is vex * y strong in Russia , and that the Czar has officially inquired of our ( Austrian ) Government if it would undertake to present new propositions of mediation to the Western Powers , and to support them . The reply was , that Govex * nment wa 3 not in a position to open new negotiations , unless they were to be based on detex- - mined conditions . On this , the Cabinet of St . Petex-sburg hastened to solicit the good offices of the Cabinet of Berlin . "
It Will Be Recollected, Says The Globe, ...
It will be recollected , says the Globe , that Mr . Curtis , the British . Consul at Cologne , was lately sen - teneed to imprisonment by the Prussian Courts foxan offence in . connection with the enlistment of Germans fox * the British German Legion . We have reason to believe that , on the facts of the case being represented to the King of Prussia , his Majesty was pleased to pardon Mr . Curtis , and order the immediate release of that gentleman . Consul Eulenburg , an ultra-Conservative , has been elected Pi-esident of the new Prussiaxx House of Repi'esentatives by 187 votes . Count Schwerin , the Liberal President of the late Chamber , received 138 votes . It was reported on Thursday on the Vienna 'Change that the Austrian army is to be again reduced by 80 , 000 . The Times states that Parliament , which stood pi-orogued to the 11 th of this month , will be further prorogued till the 31 st of next January , then to meet for the despatch of business . What will the count x-y say to a peace being concluded—supposing such to take place—without Parliament having a voice in it ?
The Eastern Counties Railway Disclosures...
THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY DISCLOSURES . The Globe , summarising the various lettex-s addressed to the papers by the gentlemexx who are involved in the questionable Eastern Couuties proceedings , Bays : — "Sir Morton Peto ' e positioxx amounts to this—that he has taken no advantage of the Eastern Counties Railway Company ; that any contracts which he has offered for Hacknej' branches , or other work , wox ^ e accepted because they wei'o the lowest tendered ; and that the Tilbury line was undertaken by the Eastern Counties Railway Company , who established it as a matter of policy . The late harbour-master of Lowesstoft admits that the hax-boxxr itself does not pay its expenses , but ho says ib ia valuable to tho nation as a rofxxgo , having saved hundreds of ships and thousands of liv < w , and that it has occasioned a tx-affic worth more than 4 . ' 6 O , O 00 a year to the Eastern Counties Railway Company , while Mr . Boi'koley acexxaea the committee of nuppressrog evidonco or publishing it in an imperfect form . A very stormy meeting of tho Committee of Investigation wan held at tho London Tavern yewtorday , at which it was determined " that the opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor-Genoz-al shoxild botulcon , under the direction of the same conunitte , a « to wliothor tho directors , or either of them , who have nanotiouod or authorised such , outlays as are contrary to tho provisions of tho Act , are , oollcotivoly or in < li virtually , liable for nuoh misapplications to tho shareholders , and also as to tho proper and beat uionns to l > o adoptea to compel such director ** to aocouut for tho mime ; that no orders of Mr . Wnddington's hIiouM wo attended to from that day ; aud that tho Committee w Investigation nhould continue their labouiw UW . '" half-yearly mooting in , February next , and uxoioiwh control over tho management of tho ( Joxnpauy . resolution , censuring thoao dirootors who have watched over the interests of tho shwouold « r « , nlao carried .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 8, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08121855/page/10/
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