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1206 THE LEADER. [Saturday.
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Whilst the House of Commons rings with o...
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The following despatch in anticipation o...
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SATUKDAY, DECEMBER 18,1852.
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In The House Of Commons Last Night, On T...
He next argued that the proposed repeal of the malt duty would do so little in reducing 1 the price of beer , that the estimated increase in consumption would not take place , and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had miscalculated his means , and would be in a wilfully created deficiency . Demanding where was the vaunted novelty , of the Budget , he said that the taxes dealt with were ill-selected and
ill-handled . He approved , however , of the mode in which the tea duty had been treated . But the trumpery amount of hop duty it was proposed to retain was unworthy of preservation . As for the malt reduction , the maltster and the brewer between them would pocket the advantage . He then animadverted on the inconsistency of the conduct of Ministers when ( mi of office with their present conduct in regard to the incometax , and expatiated upon various unjust results which would arise from the proposed plan . He did not think the extension to Ireland a wise
step ; that country was , in its present circumstances , taxed sufficiently heavily ; and it was to be remembered tliat most of the reductions of late years were of taxes applying exclusively to England , so that Ireland had gained no advantage at all . A time might , and he hoped would come , when the property-tax might fairly be extended to Ireland , but that time was not yet . Witli regard to the house-tax , he did not so much object to the extension of the area as to the doubling of the tax ; and he contended that , in thus increasing
direct taxation , they were needlessly wasting the resources of the country , which ought to be reserved for times of pressure . On the whole he advised the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take back his Budget and amend it ; and „ reminded him , amidst the laughter of the House , that he need not be ashamed of doing that which his predecessors iu office had often been compelled to do . Ijet him give up the house-duty and retain the malt-tax , and then the Budget might be supported . The debate was then adjourned .
1206 The Leader. [Saturday.
1206 THE LEADER . [ Saturday .
Whilst The House Of Commons Rings With O...
Whilst the House of Commons rings with objections to the Budget , the people outside the walls of Parliament are not idle . The example of Marylebone and St . Pancras is to be followed on Monday by Anti-Budget demonstrations in Southwark and Westminster , and the meetings in Sunderland and Bath are likely to be rivalled by similar gatherings at Southampton and elsewhere . The Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Salford Town Council oppose the scheme .
The Following Despatch In Anticipation O...
The following despatch in anticipation of the Overland Mail , dated " Trieste , Thursday , " has been received : — The steamer Adria arrived to-day witli the Indian mail . The lllndostan , with the Calcutta mail of the 7 th November , arrived at Sue / on the 1 st hist . The Irrawaddy was no longer navigable for large vessels . General Godwin was en route , for Prome , with the . second division . ft hart been decided to advance by land upon Ava . The Chinese rebellion continues gaining strength .
At the chapel of the British embassy at Paris , on Sunday List , the congregation were not a little surprised l > y ( lie officiating minister , after the prayer for the Queen and royal family , interjecting into the service a supplication for bis Imperial Majesty Napoleon III . A ( Her flu ; congregation recovered from the surprise a few faint " Aniens" wen ; audible . General Nnrvaez has Iisitl a private interview with Queen Isabella , which lusted half an hour . Tins Queen , it , is said , received him very graciously .
The f . W' / ( htzrltc , under date of Dresden , 4 th , says— " We learn from a positive source that . 'Vince Albert , of Saxony went to Prague on the 2 nd , for bis betroUiiil with the , Princess Cnrola Wnsii . " This paragraph lias caused houio surprise in Paris , and ban rather served to strengthen the . current rumour of u matrimonial alliance with Naples . The Count Walewski , who returned to the ICnibasny ,
in (» rosven <> r , s < jUiire , <>» Thursday evening , from O . s 1 > orne House , where de delivered his fresh credentials , lias received file usual instructions to deliver passports iu ( lie name of the , Kiujyevor of the French Tim I'Yeneh niinisfer at HninseU issued Mm first from bin embassy , on Thursday , to ( Jeneral liiunorieicre , who intended departing forthwith on u tour in Gcrmsiny . Mitjor- ( Jeneral Sir Itohort Nickln lias been appoint , ed to command flic troops in New South Wales .
Kon^E, Tlie Famous Religious Rod Inner, ...
Kon ^ e , tlie famous religious rod inner , addivsned » meeting held at the Itln ^ rovc Rooiiih , in Mortiniertilrcet , on tint principle of a new association , called tin- " . IIunin . no Keli f ^ ioiis (' onunuiiify . " Mr . Ingrain l / ockharl , and Oscar Fallie : siIko spoke on the question . Mcetiii ^ K arc , announced for every Thursday evening . Konlonco of" death him benn piiNHcd on Kirwan for tlio murder of hin wifo af , lrolu . nd'n JOyo in Dublin liny .
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Satukday, December 18,1852.
SATUKDAY , DECEMBER 18 , 1852 .
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There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...
There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so -unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Abnold .
From Combining To Protect Their Own Inte...
from combining to protect their own interests , although masters habitually combine , as we saw painfully illustrated by the case of the tin-plate workers at Wolverhampton . The law of unlimited liability in partnership is frequently suspended in favour of great capitalist undertakings , while the working-man vainly asks for the same privilege in favour of his own humbler enterprises . If any recent boon has been conferred upon the labouring , classes , it has been by that Free-trade which has brought plenty to all , and
THE NATIONAL PROSPERITY AND THE WORKING-MAN . The colliers and iron-men of South Staffordshire are causing obstruction to the staples of the country , by an obstinate demand for higher wages ; and * great is the indignation . It is hinted that we have been legislating long enough in favour of labour , and ought now to give capital a turn . But what has been the special legislation in favour of labour ? - Capital has had its privileges . Arbitrary combination laws , or the arbitrary enforcements of those laws , prevent men
also such an extraordinary impulse to the trade of the employing classes . A great boon , indeed , has recently been conferred on the labouring classes , but not by legislation : the discovery of the gold-diggings is a boon that has been conferred by God alone . And , while it has brought benefits as yet incalculable upon the commerce of this country , it has most especially benefited the working-man . It has opened to him regions where hard labour is
the short , straight road to wealth . In Australia , he who digs is the Croesus . But it has done yet more : by stimulating emigration , it has powerfully contributed to thin the labour-market , and it has done so to a greater extent than by the mere migration to the diggings , since it has greatly stimulated emigration generally . It has thus enhanced the value of the labourer remaining at home . This effect has been foreseen rather
by ooconomists and employers than felt by the men ; but the effect for them will como about , sooner or later . It is now just beginning in the coal and iron trades , and the employers are resisting the rise of wages ; but , of course , they will have to give way . That the claim of the men is founded in justice the omployers admit , by acceding to it in some degree , if they are now prepared to grant sixpenco per ton of coals , or two shillings a day , they admit that tho men have hitherto not botin receiving ho much as it is right to pay them : and tho men , therefore , arc justified in insisting upon
more . But tho claim of the men rests upon a much broader basin . At no period in tho history of tho country hns there heen ho wido an extension of prosperity , or a prosperity resting on RHoundor bams . Manchester lias been doing an immense . stroke of business , and has just ; learned that it will have an unprecedented supply of the raw material from America ; while then ; in every prospo . ut ; that the ensuing spring will see an extended market ; for cotton goods . Leeds and tho cloth-districts are restricted in their extending
trade only by the wunt of wool , winch threatens to / all short , in Australia . Birmingham is the urinoury of more than lOngland , and is already forcing" weapons for tho approaching array of military power , to say nothing of railway extensions , and other civil domandu for manufactured iron . Tho shipping trade is not only employed to a degreo never known before , but , is extending with a rapidity unexampled , unimaginable . And " orders" eoniinuo | , o pour in on out ) side , as fast HH gold pours in on the other . Of course , in such n stale of trade-, tho
manufacturers aiid traders generally are maW trreat and rapid returns . If three orders com e ^ r * two used to be , the holders of those ordew are making at least three profits instead of two W « all know that that is much to understate the caaV But , in such a condition of affairs , assuredly i ™ ' tice would dictate that a share of the universal " prosperity should not be withheld from the men We know that they have already benefited bv -fcree-trade in . the cheapening of provisions but have other classes
so . And the prospects of a bad harvest at home are diminishing that bene fit to the working-man , for flour is already rising and the loaf is a penny dearer . Bread , . indeed ' ought to be dearer , since there is a prospect of some degree of dearth . Not scarcity , for sup . plies will be drawn from abroad ; but they maycost more ; and it is well to be prepared gradually for that greater cost . It will probably be compensated by our greater means . But , then , the working-classes ought to share those greater means . Justice , therefore , will sanction any success which the men can attain in the contest
But we believe that , in the long run , the masters would not benefit by beating the men If the men are to aid the masters under the pleasant pressure of brisk and continually increasing business , they must work with a will , and they will do so best if they find themselves liberall y treated . The truth is well known as belonging to human nature generally ; but it has been repeatedly tested in the history of industry . Everybody knows that an English workman is more valuable than a workman of other
countries , although the rate of his wages may be nominally higher . The plan of beating down , of " saving" at every turn , has been tried , and found wanting . The opponents of the Ten-Hours Act admit that its principle is good , and not bad , as they once insisted . Slop-clothing , ill made by infected hands , is growing less fashionable than it was not long since * . Some of the newest commercial establishments rely on the
principle of generous treatment for their workpeople . Price ' s Patent Candle Company provides education and training for the young , encourages recreation , religious advice , and provident habits amongst its adults ; and finds that a generous humanity " pays . " Railways are showing , by their disasters to person and property , that cutting down the margin of liberality towards tho working-man is a false ceconomy ; while the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company , which has 100 , 000 persons dependent on its employments , applies the liberal principle to its dealings all round , and is establishing a business as vast and wealthy as a small state . The principle holds good in iron , COJU i 9 cotton , as in candles , cloth , or shipping . We have to get up iron and coal from the deeps of the earth , as fast as we can ; we have to work up iron , wool , and cotton , at a pace unprecedented , of
in order to get back , with a full enjoyment opportunity , corn , gold , and profit . Now the working hands will never do the drudgery so well , y masters ! as if you lend to thorn a reasonable share of that prospority which is so pleasantly intoxicating yourselves . Dram them with a modicum of tho golden elixir vita ) which you are drawing through so many channels , from Australia , and California , and tho other sources ol wealth , and then see Low their heart will be in
their arms . For there is a good time coming , nay , it has begun , both for masters and men . Use it ; , not onl y to heap up wealth , but to improve tho relations between tho two greatfloctions of industry , and , by tho blessing of uod . both sections shall ho not only the happier , but tho wealthier—their common country happier , wealthier , and more secure in its grand , career .
S I' A I N. Tin: Attempt Of Tho Lioyal H...
S I' A I N . Tin : attempt of tho lioyal household in Spam to carry a change of Government by a coup-dotat and to assimilate it more closely to tho absolutist constitution of the other Governments m Europe at the present moment , has boon adap ted to the circumstances of tho Spanish capital ; vn it has encountered diflicultios at tho outset , arm must encounter still more , as tho mamnuvro in extended , in order to its own comp letion . The plan of action differed very materially from the plan adopted in Paris , and wo shun presently see the reason why . Instead of promulgating u change of the " constitution m an autocratic ; proclamation , the change was submitted to tho Cortes ; but it was not tho ie »»
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 18, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18121852/page/10/
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